> Tony Nugent ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) said:
> > Can a CHANGES file be provided with this and every release (and
> > pre-releases) of a new distribution. In fact, two CHANGES files...
>
> There will be something along these lines with 6.2 final. I'm
> not sure it will necessarily go into all the detail you need, but
> it will be a start.
>
> Here's an example:
>
> This document describes some of the new features and technical
> changes in Red Hat Linux 6.2.
>
> - Support for Docbook-based SGML editing and processing has been
> added.
>
> - The various BSD-based network services (telnet, finger, talk,
> rsh, ruers, rwall, tftp) have been split into client and
> server packages.
>
> - The ident/auth service, instead of being run from inetd
> and controlled via /etc/inetd.conf, is run as a standalone
> service 'identd', and controlled via the /etc/identd.conf file.
>
> - The following services no longer run by default, as they have
> in previous Red Hat Linux releases:
> - automount daemon amd (package am-utils)
> - bind name server
> - dhcpd DHCP server
> - inn news server
> - knfsd NFS server
> - samba CIFS server
> - apache HTTP server
> To enable these, run either 'chkconfig --level 35 <service name> on',
> or edit the list of services to start with 'ntsysv' or 'tksysv'.
There needs to be a checklist presented to root of things that Must Be
Done Now.
Each of these servers should add to it.
In the case of upgrades, services previously enabled should remain enabled
with their existing configurations unless that would be harmful.
>
> The following packages and features are DEPRECATED, and may not
> be supported or included in future Red Hat Linux releases:
>
> - AnotherLevel
> - wmconfig
> - Red Hat Linux 5.2 compatiblity development environment
> - libc5 compatibility runtime libraries
That last item might be a showstopper; judging from the hits I took when I
announced lsof for RHL 4.2, there are a lot of people who would not like
this.
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John Summerfield
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