Date: Fri, 05 Oct 2012 21:56:39 +0800 From: Mike Manilone <crtmike@gmx.us> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 10-CURRENT and 9-STABLE snapshots Message-ID: <506EE717.7000409@gmx.us> In-Reply-To: <20121005135110.GA1339@glenbarber.us> References: <20121005135110.GA1339@glenbarber.us>
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On 2012/10/05 21:51, Glen Barber wrote: > Hi, > > A number of FreeBSD users have displayed interest in the availability > and testing of -STABLE and -CURRENT snapshot releases. > > I have been working on generating snapshots regularly, and now would > like to announce their availability for those interested in testing. > > Please note, as always with the -STABLE and -CURRENT branches, these > snapshots are not intended for production systems. > > The snapshots available are: > > - 10.0-CURRENT amd64 > - 10.0-CURRENT i386 > - 9.1-PRERELEASE amd64 > - 9.1-PRERELEASE i386 > > Note that the 9.1-PRERELEASE snapshots are the stable/9 branch, not what > will eventually be 9.1-RELEASE. > > I do not yet have snapshots for the 8-STABLE branch, but am working on > the magic to make that happen as well. There are also no bootonly ISOs, > since the necessary distribution sets are not available on the FreeBSD > FTP servers, so I cannot direct the installer to a different location > very easily. > > The URL for the snapshots is: > > https://snapshots.glenbarber.us/Latest/ > > The SHA256 of the xz(1)-compressed install medium follows, and is also > included in a plain-text file on the site. > > FreeBSD-10.0-CURRENT-amd64-memstick.xz = 8779f5925cb903c64d647392f6af825d5e74019d6d13222045d69091b03a81ff > FreeBSD-10.0-CURRENT-amd64-release.iso.xz = cc3934c947563c23f92ba1cd8ca7ded3999dfbc050e2b2647c294e442f267040 > FreeBSD-10.0-CURRENT-i386-memstick.xz = 9eb7ff8e28c0c524d2794828acb601b9b7079c1d00017e3bf84b974ff4412e42 > FreeBSD-10.0-CURRENT-i386-release.iso.xz = 0d1334fea13e16cb0d06a3f3c3fb7b0e1223baf06a06a889a6cffa6981348ae5 > FreeBSD-9.1-PRERELEASE-amd64-memstick.xz = f5f1e7acbaaac6eb61c5194199eb6ef090af242efc9808dc1af5caeee126e15e > FreeBSD-9.1-PRERELEASE-amd64-release.iso.xz = 0cfa5b258428741e0345b29eed241188d5944fcb15a70b079d39d56195f0cccc > FreeBSD-9.1-PRERELEASE-i386-memstick.xz = 4e98ffe63b186b0e26f22c3ddfb0582019bf352d1ea39da2757817c809872b67 > FreeBSD-9.1-PRERELEASE-i386-release.iso.xz = 0bce6f2a9626705484ff7cac18623f714e289ef6ddc0b6199d78eba37ded2ca4 > > The "Latest" directory on the site will always point to the latest batch > of snapshots, which right now my goal is to regenerate every few days > (I do not have a definitive timeframe in mind yet). > > I hope these are useful to the FreeBSD community. Feedback on this is > welcome, as always. > > Cheers, > > Glen > > PS: Please report any issues regarding downloading to me directly. > Good idea! :-) Could it be used in freebsd-update? Cheers, Mike
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