Date: Wed, 11 May 2005 08:53:32 +0200 From: Wilko Bulte <wb@freebie.xs4all.nl> To: Ken Smith <kensmith@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 5.4-RELEASE is now available Message-ID: <20050511065332.GA44468@freebie.xs4all.nl> In-Reply-To: <20050509210458.GB9844@bloom.cse.buffalo.edu> References: <20050509210458.GB9844@bloom.cse.buffalo.edu>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Mon, May 09, 2005 at 05:04:58PM -0400, Ken Smith wrote.. > > The Release Engineering Team is happy to announce the availability > of FreeBSD 5.4-RELEASE, the latest release of the FreeBSD Stable > development branch. Since FreeBSD 5.3-RELEASE in November 2004 we have > made many improvements in functionality, stability, performance, and device > driver support for some hardware, as well as dealt with known security issues > and made many bugfixes. > > For a complete list of new features, known problems, and late-breaking > news, please see the release notes and errata list, available here: > > http://www.FreeBSD.org/releases/5.4R/relnotes.html > http://www.FreeBSD.org/releases/5.4R/errata.html > > FreeBSD 5.4 will become an "Errata Branch". In addition to Security > fixes other well-tested fixes to basic functionality will be committed > to the RELENG_5.4 branch after the release. Both Security Advisories > and Errata Notices are announced on the freebsd-announce@freebsd.org > mailing list. > > It is expected there will be at least one more release from the RELENG_5 > branch, most likely two. The current plans are for the RELENG_6 branch > to be created within the next few months, and an initial 6.0-RELEASE will > be made a few months afterwards. There will be a 5.5-RELEASE following > a few months after the 6.0-RELEASE. > > For more information about FreeBSD release engineering activities, > please see: > > http://www.FreeBSD.org/releng/ > > Dedication > ---------- > > The FreeBSD 5.4 Release is dedicated to the memory of Cameron Grant. > Cameron was an active FreeBSD Developer and principal architect of the > sound driver subsystem despite his physical handicap. His is a superb > example of human spirit dominating over adversity. Cameron was an > inspiration to those who met him; he will be fondly remembered and sorely > missed. > > Availability > ------------ > > FreeBSD 5.4-RELEASE supports the i386, amd64, ia64, pc98, sparc64, and > alpha architectures and can be installed directly over the net, using > bootable media, or copied to a local NFS/FTP server. Distributions for > all architectures except alpha are available now. The distribution for > alpha should become available within the next day or two. Alpha is now also available. > CD Image Checksums > ------------------ MD5 (5.4-RELEASE-alpha-bootonly.iso) = f9c54aa9fb1ca861f3d343bb3b8378b9 MD5 (5.4-RELEASE-alpha-disc1.iso) = 18294d25be50b06bdd645c5800bd4e94 MD5 (5.4-RELEASE-alpha-disc2.iso) = 2d6a4ebfbdaa34f80a1457dc0041e946 enjoy, Wilko -- Wilko Bulte wilko@FreeBSD.org [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (FreeBSD) iQCVAwUBQoGr7PymwUj/iuMFAQJowAQAkhN3vEu2zxnBpHPksQaVyHNJOHgqWxpd tBMm0jUeFHCLAjwzFV0+uqmkGB2tD3XfTTzr0y28/NfBGYHWE2TR5j5ENSKN5dK9 H5Rdtj5pLC/Db4y5eCBdp+TFoSOFnpo1Vs5e71rve7CVHlx+gozS2V+lzX4INfPG RQfyQjAOdmw= =HuTC -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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