From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Wed May 11 06:53:35 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D9DFF16A4D0; Wed, 11 May 2005 06:53:34 +0000 (GMT) Received: from smtp-vbr7.xs4all.nl (smtp-vbr7.xs4all.nl [194.109.24.27]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2C58543D48; Wed, 11 May 2005 06:53:34 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from wb@freebie.xs4all.nl) Received: from freebie.xs4all.nl (freebie.xs4all.nl [213.84.32.253]) by smtp-vbr7.xs4all.nl (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id j4B6rWCj069513; Wed, 11 May 2005 08:53:32 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from wb@freebie.xs4all.nl) Received: from freebie.xs4all.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freebie.xs4all.nl (8.13.3/8.13.1) with ESMTP id j4B6rW9S044498; Wed, 11 May 2005 08:53:32 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from wb@freebie.xs4all.nl) Received: (from wb@localhost) by freebie.xs4all.nl (8.13.3/8.13.1/Submit) id j4B6rWhS044497; Wed, 11 May 2005 08:53:32 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from wb) Date: Wed, 11 May 2005 08:53:32 +0200 From: Wilko Bulte To: Ken Smith Message-ID: <20050511065332.GA44468@freebie.xs4all.nl> References: <20050509210458.GB9844@bloom.cse.buffalo.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="bp/iNruPH9dso1Pn" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20050509210458.GB9844@bloom.cse.buffalo.edu> X-OS: FreeBSD 5.4-STABLE User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i X-Virus-Scanned: by XS4ALL Virus Scanner cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 5.4-RELEASE is now available X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 11 May 2005 06:53:35 -0000 --bp/iNruPH9dso1Pn Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, May 09, 2005 at 05:04:58PM -0400, Ken Smith wrote.. >=20 > 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 devi= ce > driver support for some hardware, as well as dealt with known security is= sues > and made many bugfixes. >=20 > For a complete list of new features, known problems, and late-breaking > news, please see the release notes and errata list, available here: >=20 > http://www.FreeBSD.org/releases/5.4R/relnotes.html > http://www.FreeBSD.org/releases/5.4R/errata.html >=20 > 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. >=20 > 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. >=20 > For more information about FreeBSD release engineering activities, > please see: >=20 > http://www.FreeBSD.org/releng/ >=20 > Dedication > ---------- >=20 > 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. >=20 > Availability > ------------ >=20 > 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) =3D f9c54aa9fb1ca861f3d343bb3b8378b9 MD5 (5.4-RELEASE-alpha-disc1.iso) =3D 18294d25be50b06bdd645c5800bd4e94 MD5 (5.4-RELEASE-alpha-disc2.iso) =3D 2d6a4ebfbdaa34f80a1457dc0041e946 enjoy, Wilko --=20 Wilko Bulte wilko@FreeBSD.org --bp/iNruPH9dso1Pn Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (FreeBSD) iQCVAwUBQoGr7PymwUj/iuMFAQJowAQAkhN3vEu2zxnBpHPksQaVyHNJOHgqWxpd tBMm0jUeFHCLAjwzFV0+uqmkGB2tD3XfTTzr0y28/NfBGYHWE2TR5j5ENSKN5dK9 H5Rdtj5pLC/Db4y5eCBdp+TFoSOFnpo1Vs5e71rve7CVHlx+gozS2V+lzX4INfPG RQfyQjAOdmw= =HuTC -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --bp/iNruPH9dso1Pn--