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Date:      Thu, 20 Sep 2012 19:04:15 -0300
From:      Mario Lobo <lobo@bsd.com.br>
To:        freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: [Call for Testers] VirtualBox 4.2.0
Message-ID:  <20120920190415.24f6b223@papi>
In-Reply-To: <CAE-m3X3Lnhe7aQ3duO68apXOu6eAtbyB9qfafcDo2THVWgfs-w@mail.gmail.com>
References:  <CAE-m3X3Lnhe7aQ3duO68apXOu6eAtbyB9qfafcDo2THVWgfs-w@mail.gmail.com>

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On Thu, 20 Sep 2012 08:02:58 +0200
Bernhard Fr=F6hlich <decke@FreeBSD.org> wrote:

> Hi virtualbox users!
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> I am very glad to be able to send out a VirtualBox 4.2.0 call for
> testers. We've done a good job pushing many patches upstream before
> the release this time so our port is much smaller and easier to
> handle.
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> The stability of 4.2.0 seems to be better than the past .0 releases so
> our plan is to commit 4.2 to the portstree as soon as FreeBSD 9.1 is
> out the door. Feedback from this CFT will tell us where we really are
> so please also report positive feedback.
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> We are still looking for more people that can help with vbox
> maintenance and development but the situation improved already since
> Mikhail Tsatsenko and Ed Maste joined the team! Thanks a lot guys!!
> If you are interested or have noticed a bug you can easily find us on
> IRC.
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>=20
> Please ensure that your Kernel sources match your running kernel
> before building the virtualbox-ose-kmod port!
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> Changes since VirtualBox 4.1:
> https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Changelog
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> VirtualBox 4.2.0 and 4.1.22 (legacy) Ports:
> http://people.freebsd.org/~decke/virtualbox/virtualbox-cft-4.2.0-20120920=
.tar.gz
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> IRC: #freebsd-vbox on Freenode
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> Bernhard on behalf of the new VirtualBox on FreeBSD Team!
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Great news! It's official now !

I've been using it for about 3 weeks now. Confirm the stability and
performance improvements.

--=20
Mario Lobo
http://www.mallavoodoo.com.br
FreeBSD since 2.2.8 [not Pro-Audio.... YET!!] (99% winblows FREE)
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