Re: Way to be announced about security updates and new releases

2013-08-29 Thread Mark Felder
On Wed, Aug 21, 2013, at 1:54, Antonio Kless wrote: > Is there any way to be noticed, when security updates or new releases are > available? > > https://twitter.com/freebsd nearly would be a solution, if it did not > repostquestions from its > subscribers and other information t

Re: Way to be announced about security updates and new releases

2013-08-27 Thread Olivier Nicole
e: >> Is there any way to be noticed, when security updates or new releases are >> available? >> >> https://twitter.com/freebsd nearly would be a solution, if it did not >> repostquestions from its >> subscriber

Re: Way to be announced about security updates and new releases

2013-08-27 Thread Zyumbilev, Peter
http://www.freebsd.org/security/rss.xml ? Peter On 21/08/2013 09:54, Antonio Kless wrote: > Is there any way to be noticed, when security updates or new releases are > available? > > https://twitter.com/freebsd nearly would be a solution, if it did not > repostquestions from it

Re: Way to be announced about security updates and new releases

2013-08-21 Thread Matthew Seaman
On 21/08/2013 08:10, dgmm wrote: > On Wednesday 21 August 2013 07:54:06 Antonio Kless wrote: >> Is there any way to be noticed, when security updates or new releases are >> available? >> >> https://twitter.com/freebsd nearly would be a solution, if it did not

Re: Way to be announced about security updates and new releases

2013-08-21 Thread dgmm
On Wednesday 21 August 2013 07:54:06 Antonio Kless wrote: > Is there any way to be noticed, when security updates or new releases are > available? > > https://twitter.com/freebsd nearly would be a solution, if it did not > repostquestions from its > subscribers and other infor

Way to be announced about security updates and new releases

2013-08-20 Thread Antonio Kless
Is there any way to be noticed, when security updates or new releases are available? https://twitter.com/freebsd nearly would be a solution, if it did not repostquestions from its subscribers and other information that is not related to updates. -- Best regards, Antonio

Re: Zlib version in FreeBSD - 3 releases behind?

2013-03-08 Thread Arthur Chance
On 03/07/13 19:53, Kris Sridhar wrote: Gentlemen, The library (/lib/libz.so.6) in FreeBSD 9.1R does seem to have Zlib 1.2.4 based on the complaints from the following at least: libarchive.so.* libssh.so.* grep gzip I've provided objdump -p output from my machine: -

Re: Zlib version in FreeBSD - 3 releases behind?

2013-03-07 Thread Kris Sridhar
Gentlemen, The library (/lib/libz.so.6) in FreeBSD 9.1R does seem to have Zlib 1.2.4 based on the complaints from the following at least: libarchive.so.* libssh.so.* grep gzip I've provided objdump -p output from my machine: fBSD9

Re: Zlib version in FreeBSD - 3 releases behind?

2013-03-06 Thread Giorgos Keramidas
On 2013-03-06 08:06, Arthur Chance wrote: > On 03/05/13 16:12, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: > >On 2013-03-04 07:28, KrisUniverse wrote: > >>The Zlib baked into FreeBSD is Zlib 1.2.4 even on 9.1R. > >> > >>However, Zlib has gone to 1.2.7 sometime ago after stepping through > >>1.2.5, 1.2.6 and 1.2.7 w

Re: Zlib version in FreeBSD - 3 releases behind?

2013-03-06 Thread Arthur Chance
On 03/05/13 16:12, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: On 2013-03-04 07:28, KrisUniverse wrote: The Zlib baked into FreeBSD is Zlib 1.2.4 even on 9.1R. However, Zlib has gone to 1.2.7 sometime ago after stepping through 1.2.5, 1.2.6 and 1.2.7 with bug fixes. Is there any reason for not using Zlib 1.2.7?

Re: Zlib version in FreeBSD - 3 releases behind?

2013-03-05 Thread Giorgos Keramidas
On 2013-03-04 07:28, KrisUniverse wrote: > The Zlib baked into FreeBSD is Zlib 1.2.4 even on 9.1R. > > However, Zlib has gone to 1.2.7 sometime ago after stepping through > 1.2.5, 1.2.6 and 1.2.7 with bug fixes. > > Is there any reason for not using Zlib 1.2.7? I don't have a 9.1-RELEASE system

Zlib version in FreeBSD - 3 releases behind?

2013-03-04 Thread KrisUniverse
The Zlib baked into FreeBSD is Zlib 1.2.4 even on 9.1R. However, Zlib has gone to 1.2.7 sometime ago after stepping through 1.2.5, 1.2.6 and 1.2.7 with bug fixes. Is there any reason for not using Zlib 1.2.7? Thanks. Kris ___ freebsd-questions@freebs

Re: Old releases support

2013-03-04 Thread Andrea Venturoli
d as "legacy" in the home and here: http://www.freebsd.org/releases/. I guess it should go away there too. bye av. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscr

Re: Old releases support

2013-03-02 Thread Remko Lodder
On Mar 2, 2013, at 4:59 PM, Simon L. B. Nielsen wrote: > On 2 Mar 2013 09:47, "Andrea Venturoli" wrote: >> Just a quick question on EOL dates. >> >> According to http://www.freebsd.org/security/security.html#sup, 7.4R > support should have ended two days ago. Did it? >> Is Feb 28 2013 date con

Re: Old releases support

2013-03-02 Thread Simon L. B. Nielsen
On 2 Mar 2013 09:47, "Andrea Venturoli" wrote: > Just a quick question on EOL dates. > > According to http://www.freebsd.org/security/security.html#sup, 7.4R support should have ended two days ago. Did it? > Is Feb 28 2013 date confirmed? > > Next, 9.0 should reach EOL at the end of this month. >

Old releases support

2013-03-02 Thread Andrea Venturoli
Hello. Just a quick question on EOL dates. According to http://www.freebsd.org/security/security.html#sup, 7.4R support should have ended two days ago. Did it? Is Feb 28 2013 date confirmed? Next, 9.0 should reach EOL at the end of this month. Is this confirmed too? bye & Thanks av.

Re: Availability of freebsd-stable snapshot releases

2012-03-26 Thread Matthew Seaman
w stopped in mid-2011. > > From time to time it comes in very handy for testing purposes, to have > snapshot releases available. > The RE team has been busy with actual releases since about that date: first 9.0 and at the moment 8.3. Even so, this does seem to have fallen by the waysid

Availability of freebsd-stable snapshot releases

2012-03-26 Thread Kai Gallasch
purposes, to have snapshot releases available. Kai. BTW: If replying, please CC me, as I am not on this list.___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to

Re: Legacy releases of freeBSD

2011-12-19 Thread Bill Tillman
m: Vong Bui To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Sent: Friday, December 16, 2011 3:00 PM Subject: Legacy releases of freeBSD Hello, I am trying to learn Unix by using freeBSD and wanted to obtain an "older" version of freeBSD, such as version 3.5, to accompany a book about freeBSD publi

Re: Legacy releases of freeBSD

2011-12-18 Thread Michael Ross
d, if they are available for download. Thank you ftp://ftp-archive.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD-Archive/old-releases/i386/ISO-IMAGES/ Regards, Michael ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-qu

Legacy releases of freeBSD

2011-12-18 Thread Vong Bui
Hello, I am trying to learn Unix by using freeBSD and wanted to obtain an "older" version of freeBSD, such as version 3.5, to accompany a book about freeBSD published around 1999. Can you point me to where the iso images can be found, if they are available for download. Thank you -- Vong Bui

[UPDATE] jail_build(8) -- a dialog(1)-based utility for building jails from binary releases

2011-04-22 Thread Devin Teske
ad/jail_build.txt or http://druidbsd.sf.net/download/jail_build.gz or http://druidbsd.sf.net/ For those not familiar, my jail_build(8) script can be used to unpack a binary release (found at ftp://ftp-archive.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases or ftp://ftp-archive.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD-Archive/ol

Custom 64bit FreeBSD 8.2-RELEASEs?

2011-03-12 Thread Antonio Olivares
Dear Manolis, Sorry to ask but are there any releases for 8.2 in the works? http://freebsd-custom.wikidot.com/ I have checked here: http://freebsd-custom.wikidot.com/downloads-page but it stil points to 8.1 release. I have an 8.1 version running beautifully thanks to you and all the members

Re: BUG: freebsd.org/ru/releases

2010-11-27 Thread Julian H. Stacey
ote: > HI, Freebsd-questions. > > http://www.freebsd.org/ru/releases/ > on this page is wrong information about releases. > > Old release is 6.0 and last is 8.1 on march 2006!! year. Please file a change request: man send-pr send-pr Which both: - lodges

BUG: freebsd.org/ru/releases

2010-11-27 Thread Коньков Евгений
HI, Freebsd-questions. http://www.freebsd.org/ru/releases/ on this page is wrong information about releases. Old release is 6.0 and last is 8.1 on march 2006!! year. -- С уважением, Коньков mailto:kes-...@yandex.ru

Re: releases, branches,..

2010-08-12 Thread Polytropon
On Thu, 12 Aug 2010 23:02:01 +0200, Dick Hoogendijk wrote: > Thank you. I will follow RELEASE than. Also a thanks to Svein. ;-) Is > RELEASE automaticaly set in a fresh FreeBSD install or do I need to > change anything? The freebsd-update program will track RELEASE-p because this is what it can

Re: releases, branches,..

2010-08-12 Thread Rocky Borg
On 8/12/2010 2:02 PM, Dick Hoogendijk wrote: On 12-8-2010 22:53, Polytropon wrote: On Thu, 12 Aug 2010 22:46:18 +0200, Dick Hoogendijk wrote: I'm running 8.1-RELEASE now, but what about security issues found? Which brach do I follow? In this case, use "freebsd-update" to track -RELEASE; you

Re: releases, branches,..

2010-08-12 Thread Dick Hoogendijk
On 12-8-2010 22:53, Polytropon wrote: On Thu, 12 Aug 2010 22:46:18 +0200, Dick Hoogendijk wrote: I'm running 8.1-RELEASE now, but what about security issues found? Which brach do I follow? In this case, use "freebsd-update" to track -RELEASE; you will get the security patches by binary updati

Re: releases, branches,..

2010-08-12 Thread Polytropon
On Thu, 12 Aug 2010 22:46:18 +0200, Dick Hoogendijk wrote: > My years of OpenSolaris made me forget the use of releases and branches. > I'm not into too much compiling anymore. I want a stable, but also safe > server. > I'm running 8.1-RELEASE now, but what about securit

Re: releases, branches,..

2010-08-12 Thread Svein Skogen (Listmail account)
On 12.08.2010 22:46, Dick Hoogendijk wrote: > My years of OpenSolaris made me forget the use of releases and branches. > I'm not into too much compiling anymore. I want a stable, but also safe > server. > I'm running 8.1-RELEASE now, but what about security issues found? &

releases, branches,..

2010-08-12 Thread Dick Hoogendijk
My years of OpenSolaris made me forget the use of releases and branches. I'm not into too much compiling anymore. I want a stable, but also safe server. I'm running 8.1-RELEASE now, but what about security issues found? What do I need to run if I want the lates and needed security

Re: freebsd releases?!?!?!(confused)

2010-06-06 Thread Jerry McAllister
On Sun, Jun 06, 2010 at 10:27:19AM +, Giorgos Tsiapaliokas wrote: > hello, > > i was using gentoo linux and i have install FBSD 8.0 in my second machine.. > > i have read the handbooks but i cannot understand which version of FBSD i > have. > i mean i know that i have 8.0 but i have the stab

Re: freebsd releases?!?!?!(confused)

2010-06-06 Thread Matthew Seaman
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 06/06/2010 12:30:53, Reko Turja wrote: > From: "Matthew Seaman" >> STABLE is a development branch: it's called 'STABLE' because it is >> expected to run stably. STABLE generally receives continual fixes and >> updates, but these will previously h

Re: freebsd releases?!?!?!(confused)

2010-06-06 Thread Reko Turja
-- From: "Matthew Seaman" Sent: Sunday, June 06, 2010 2:03 PM To: Subject: Re: freebsd releases?!?!?!(confused) STABLE is a development branch: it's called 'STABLE' because it is expected to run stably. STABLE generally

Re: freebsd releases?!?!?!(confused)

2010-06-06 Thread Matthew Seaman
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 06/06/2010 11:27:19, Giorgos Tsiapaliokas wrote: > hello, > > i was using gentoo linux and i have install FBSD 8.0 in my second machine.. > > i have read the handbooks but i cannot understand which version of FBSD i > have. > i mean i know that i

Re: freebsd releases?!?!?!(confused)

2010-06-06 Thread Manolis Kiagias
On 06/06/2010 1:27 μ.μ., Giorgos Tsiapaliokas wrote: > hello, > > i was using gentoo linux and i have install FBSD 8.0 in my second machine.. > > i have read the handbooks but i cannot understand which version of FBSD i > have. > i mean i know that i have 8.0 but i have the stable or the unstable >

freebsd releases?!?!?!(confused)

2010-06-06 Thread Giorgos Tsiapaliokas
hello, i was using gentoo linux and i have install FBSD 8.0 in my second machine.. i have read the handbooks but i cannot understand which version of FBSD i have. i mean i know that i have 8.0 but i have the stable or the unstable version??? and what is going on with the mirrors?

Re: Upgrading releases?

2010-03-30 Thread Glen Barber
> > Since I am new to FreeBSD, what am I obviously missing? Is there a place that > states the releases? Is there an 8.1 or 8.2 out now that has even a new > version of ZFS? > Have a look at the DESCRIPTION section of the freebsd-update(8) man page, which explains why you cannot u

Upgrading releases?

2010-03-30 Thread Slack-Moehrle
the releases? Is there an 8.1 or 8.2 out now that has even a new version of ZFS? Best, -Jason ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ques

ANNOUNCING: Web site for the "FreeBSD Custom Releases" project

2009-06-20 Thread Manolis Kiagias
rises. It will also contain announcements for new releases. Thanks for your support! Manolis Kiagias -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (FreeBSD) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAko9DZsACgkQZ/MxGm4PtJSd6wCfYPtQ1MLH1ttDXF5C3lR

Re: Sysinstall cannot find snapshot releases

2009-03-22 Thread Glen Barber
On Sun, Mar 22, 2009 at 11:38 AM, Jason Nordwick wrote: > I'm a previous FreeBSD user that used to track current and returning after a > few years. If my memory is correct, the definition of -stable, -release, and > -current seems to have changed? (but my memory sucks so excuse me if I'm > wrong).

Sysinstall cannot find snapshot releases

2009-03-22 Thread Jason Nordwick
I'm a previous FreeBSD user that used to track current and returning after a few years. If my memory is correct, the definition of -stable, -release, and -current seems to have changed? (but my memory sucks so excuse me if I'm wrong). Can you no longer track -release, but instead -stable is

Builder for many architectures and releases

2009-01-09 Thread Andrew Hotlab
) have grown so much that it make me feel guilty to waste the FreeBSD Project's donated resources! :[ Thus, I looked for any documentation about setup a FreeBSD builder machine which will track sources and build binaries for all the hardware platform and OS releases I need to support in my ne

Re: ISO Images/Releases/FTP Servers

2008-12-08 Thread perryh
> > B. Add functionality to the installer to list the available > > releases if it can't find the release it's looking for. ... > So Kevin, your rant is completely based on BETAs, Snapshots, > and probably RC's if we had any available. > > All thr

Re: ISO Images/Releases/FTP Servers

2008-12-08 Thread Kevin Monceaux
On Mon, 8 Dec 2008, Tim Judd wrote: So Kevin, your rant is completely based on BETAs, Snapshots, and probably RC's if we had any available. All three of those ARE NOT RELEASES. Those are come-n-go folders/directories on the ftp servers. For the most part, fair enough. I do realize t

Re: ISO Images/Releases/FTP Servers

2008-12-08 Thread Tim Judd
all from the > 7.0-STABLE-200807 ISO I have handy. I get to the same point and it > complains that it can't find release 7.0-STABLE-200807 on the FTP server. > Fortunately after a few tries I was able to do a better job of jogging my > poor memory and made the installer happy

ISO Images/Releases/FTP Servers

2008-12-08 Thread Kevin Monceaux
better job of jogging my poor memory and made the installer happy using 7.0-RELEASE as the release name. Would someone please: A. Keep the releases available on the FTP servers for a reasonable amount of time. and/or B. Add functionality to the installer to list the available releases

Re: Can I Make my own CD ROM bootable from this ftp server: ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/i386/6.1-RELEASE ?

2007-01-12 Thread Brian A. Seklecki
Or use bittorrent if you're way out in the cut ~BAS On Sat, 29 Jul 2006, Bryan Bonifacio wrote: Why don't you just download the CD image and burn that onto a CD? Go to ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/i386/ISO-IMAGES/6.1/ --- Stojance <[EMAIL PROTECTED]&g

Re: Compatibility Between Releases Policy

2006-10-05 Thread Robert Huff
Jason C. Wells writes: > Ports astonish me more often than FreeBSD to be sure. If one > uses a port that was built on a 6.0 system, can one trust that no > bit rot will occur by the time 6.9 rolls around. If you mean "Is it guaranteed a binary built under x.0 will run, even with rema

Re: Compatibility Between Releases Policy

2006-10-05 Thread Erik Norgaard
Jason C. Wells wrote: Ports astonish me more often than FreeBSD to be sure. If one uses a port that was built on a 6.0 system, can one trust that no bit rot will occur by the time 6.9 rolls around. Will all of FreeBSDs interfaces and features remain backward compatible? While the developer

Re: Compatibility Between Releases Policy

2006-10-05 Thread Jason C. Wells
Erik Norgaard wrote: Jason C. Wells wrote: Where is the policy regarding compatibility between releases documented? I recall reading once upon a time that FreeBSD won't break compatibility for the duration of a major point release. If a third party wrote software for 6.0 it wou

Re: Compatibility Between Releases Policy

2006-10-05 Thread Erik Norgaard
Jason C. Wells wrote: Where is the policy regarding compatibility between releases documented? I recall reading once upon a time that FreeBSD won't break compatibility for the duration of a major point release. If a third party wrote software for 6.0 it would be perfectly compatible wit

Compatibility Between Releases Policy

2006-10-04 Thread Jason C. Wells
Where is the policy regarding compatibility between releases documented? I recall reading once upon a time that FreeBSD won't break compatibility for the duration of a major point release. If a third party wrote software for 6.0 it would be perfectly compatible with 6.1, 6.2 and on.

Re: Can I Make my own CD ROM bootable from this ftp server: ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/i386/6.1-RELEASE ?

2006-07-29 Thread Bryan Bonifacio
Why don't you just download the CD image and burn that onto a CD? Go to ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/i386/ISO-IMAGES/6.1/ --- Stojance <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dear FreeBSD > Can I make my own bootable CD from FreeBSD, actually > from the

Can I Make my own CD ROM bootable from this ftp server: ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/i386/6.1-RELEASE ?

2006-07-29 Thread Stojance
Dear FreeBSD Can I make my own bootable CD from FreeBSD, actually from the ftp server: ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/i386/6.1-RELEASE ? I really need it. I can't pay for your CD ROM so any help would be very much appreciated. I'll download everything and put it on a CD a

Re: General Non-critical: FreeBSD media releases

2006-06-12 Thread Chris Whitehouse
Pavel Duda wrote: Justin T. Wert wrote: To Whom It May Concern: Are there any plans to release a DVD version of all 3 of your media CDs combined? I tried searching the web on how to combine the media into one DVD, but have failed to find a site that has a working method. My pe

Re: General Non-critical: FreeBSD media releases

2006-06-09 Thread Pavel Duda
Justin T. Wert wrote: To Whom It May Concern: Are there any plans to release a DVD version of all 3 of your media CDs combined? I tried searching the web on how to combine the media into one DVD, but have failed to find a site that has a working method. My personal attempts have t

General Non-critical: FreeBSD media releases

2006-05-27 Thread Justin T. Wert
To Whom It May Concern: Are there any plans to release a DVD version of all 3 of your media CDs combined? I tried searching the web on how to combine the media into one DVD, but have failed to find a site that has a working method. My personal attempts have the same issue, where it

Re: Upcoming FreeBSD releases...

2005-11-04 Thread Kris Kennaway
On Fri, Nov 04, 2005 at 10:39:41AM +0100, martinko wrote: > Kris Kennaway wrote: > >On Fri, Nov 04, 2005 at 01:00:03AM +0100, martinko wrote: > > > > > >>but where is the schedule published ?? > >>i fail to locate it on the web site. all i can find a

Re: Upcoming FreeBSD releases...

2005-11-04 Thread martinko
Kris Kennaway wrote: On Fri, Nov 04, 2005 at 01:00:03AM +0100, martinko wrote: but where is the schedule published ?? i fail to locate it on the web site. all i can find are current and old releases and an incomplete schedule for "upcoming" 6.0 (about which i just "compl

Re: Upcoming FreeBSD releases...

2005-11-03 Thread Kris Kennaway
On Fri, Nov 04, 2005 at 01:00:03AM +0100, martinko wrote: > but where is the schedule published ?? > i fail to locate it on the web site. all i can find are current and old > releases and an incomplete schedule for "upcoming" 6.0 (about which i > just "complained&q

Re: Upcoming FreeBSD releases...

2005-11-03 Thread martinko
Kris Kennaway wrote: On Fri, Nov 04, 2005 at 12:07:09AM +0100, martinko wrote: Kris Kennaway wrote: On Tue, Oct 25, 2005 at 11:01:32AM +0300, Casper wrote: Hi, I`m trying to make little schedule for upgrading and wanted to know when approximate will be new FreeBSD releases... How I

Re: Upcoming FreeBSD releases...

2005-11-03 Thread Kris Kennaway
On Fri, Nov 04, 2005 at 12:07:09AM +0100, martinko wrote: > Kris Kennaway wrote: > >On Tue, Oct 25, 2005 at 11:01:32AM +0300, Casper wrote: > > > >>Hi, > >> > >>I`m trying to make little schedule for upgrading and wanted to know > >>when ap

Re: Upcoming FreeBSD releases...

2005-11-03 Thread martinko
Kris Kennaway wrote: On Tue, Oct 25, 2005 at 11:01:32AM +0300, Casper wrote: Hi, I`m trying to make little schedule for upgrading and wanted to know when approximate will be new FreeBSD releases... How I understand in few weeks must be FreeBSD 5.5 release, but I can`t find schedule for

Re: Upcoming FreeBSD releases...

2005-10-25 Thread Kris Kennaway
On Tue, Oct 25, 2005 at 11:01:32AM +0300, Casper wrote: > > Hi, > > I`m trying to make little schedule for upgrading and wanted to know > when approximate will be new FreeBSD releases... > How I understand in few weeks must be FreeBSD 5.5 release, but I can`t > find

Upcoming FreeBSD releases...

2005-10-25 Thread Casper
Hi, I`m trying to make little schedule for upgrading and wanted to know when approximate will be new FreeBSD releases... How I understand in few weeks must be FreeBSD 5.5 release, but I can`t find schedule for upcoming 5.5 version... Or it is delayed? Or in few weeks will be maybe

Re: Differences between FreeBSD 5.4 and 6.0 releases

2005-08-02 Thread Justin Franks
: Re: Differences between FreeBSD 5.4 and 6.0 releases Justin Franks wrote: I've been using FreeBSD since the 3.x trains and run 5.4 now. Can someone please bullet point the main features of 6.0, specifically the features that 6.0 will have that 5.4 does not? Thanks. Hello Justin, the re

Re: Differences between FreeBSD 5.4 and 6.0 releases

2005-08-02 Thread Björn König
ftp://ftp2.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/i386/6.0-BETA1/RELNOTES.HTM Regards Björn -- Björn König ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) student at the Technische Universität Berlin http://bkoenig.alpha-tierchen.de/ ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list

Differences between FreeBSD 5.4 and 6.0 releases

2005-08-01 Thread Justin Franks
I've been using FreeBSD since the 3.x trains and run 5.4 now. Can someone please bullet point the main features of 6.0, specifically the features that 6.0 will have that 5.4 does not? Thanks. -Justin Franks Ph: 415.261.0706 Fx: 925-935-6096 http://www.sfcolocation.com __

Re: Older releases as ISO's

2005-07-01 Thread Björn König
Werner Schalk wrote: Hi, where can I get FreeBSD 4.1 as ISO image? I know it is *not* the latest version but I need it to test something. There you'll find all releases and some iso images in the ISO-IMAGES subdirectory: ftp://ftp-archive.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD-Archive/old-rel

Re: Older releases as ISO's

2005-07-01 Thread Dan Nelson
can do a network install from. Actually there are ISOs available from those same sites. Not sure why that page didn't find them. ftp://ftp8.tw.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/i386/ISO-IMAGES/4.1-RELEASE ftp://ftp9.tw.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ISO-IMAGES-i386/4.1.1-RELEASE -- Dan

Older releases as ISO's

2005-07-01 Thread Werner Schalk
Hi, where can I get FreeBSD 4.1 as ISO image? I know it is *not* the latest version but I need it to test something. Thanks and bye, Werner ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To un

Re: Understanding differences between releases and ports

2005-04-15 Thread Chris
Stevan Tiefert wrote: > Am Freitag, 15. April 2005 14:44 schrieb Chris: > >>Stevan Tiefert wrote: >> >>>Hello list, >>> >>>I have problems understanding a base concept :-( >>> >>>Is that right, when I install 5.2.1-RELEASE and I install the >>>ports-distribution with cvsup and keep them up to date

Re: Understanding differences between releases and ports

2005-04-15 Thread Stevan Tiefert
Am Freitag, 15. April 2005 14:44 schrieb Chris: > Stevan Tiefert wrote: > > Hello list, > > > > I have problems understanding a base concept :-( > > > > Is that right, when I install 5.2.1-RELEASE and I install the > > ports-distribution with cvsup and keep them up to date, that the ports I > > bui

Re: Understanding differences between releases and ports

2005-04-15 Thread Chris
Stevan Tiefert wrote: > Hello list, > > I have problems understanding a base concept :-( > > Is that right, when I install 5.2.1-RELEASE and I install the > ports-distribution with cvsup and keep them up to date, that the ports I > build afterwards with "make install" are newer than the > rele

Understanding differences between releases and ports

2005-04-15 Thread Stevan Tiefert
Hello list, I have problems understanding a base concept :-( Is that right, when I install 5.2.1-RELEASE and I install the ports-distribution with cvsup and keep them up to date, that the ports I build afterwards with "make install" are newer than the release-precompiled-packages distributed w

Re: UTF-8 in the next releases?

2005-03-07 Thread Chuck Swiger
Stevan Tiefert wrote: I have a small question to you! Is UTF-8 planned to be integrated in the system like in SuSE Linux ? Maybe in the next releases or never??? What do you mean by UTF-8 integration? Many of the system utilities have been internationalized via things like gettext and libintl

UTF-8 in the next releases?

2005-03-07 Thread Stevan Tiefert
Hello list, I have a small question to you! Is UTF-8 planned to be integrated in the system like in SuSE Linux ? Maybe in the next releases or never??? With regards Stevan Tiefert ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org

Re: difference between releases

2004-11-10 Thread TM4526
In a message dated 11/9/04 5:24:53 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > I'm not saying that's how it works, but when this thread started, that's how > it was depicted. >It most certainly wasn't. SInce it was me who said that releases are 'p

Re: difference between releases

2004-11-09 Thread Giorgos Keramidas
It most certainly wasn't. SInce it was me who said that releases are 'points in time', which is what you have built your arguments upon since then, let me add that the releases are 'points in time extracted from the STABLE branch'. There is only *ONE* exception to this rul

Re: difference between releases

2004-11-09 Thread TM4526
of features and objectives, and when they were "done" (ie fully tested) they released it. Personally I think BSDi took it to extremes by making releases way too comprehensive and would have preferred sub-relreases rather than their annoying patch system, but it illustrates the differe

FW: Please take this somewhere else (was RE: difference between releases)

2004-11-09 Thread Manfred N. Riem
this somewhere else (was RE: difference between releases) Can you please shut the fuck up and mind your own business? ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[

Please take this somewhere else (was RE: difference between releases)

2004-11-08 Thread Manfred N. Riem
Hello there, For some people bandwidth is a valuable resource! Can you please take your discussion somewhere else (e.g. freebsd-chat). Thank you! Manfred Riem ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questio

Re: difference between releases

2004-11-08 Thread TM4526
In a message dated 11/8/04 4:46:25 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: >So we went from three losers to four bozos Well I had to add you now, didn't I, Mrs. Butterworth? Now this is something we can discuss. What is more insulting, being called a Loser or a Bozo? _

Re: difference between releases

2004-11-08 Thread TM4526
In a message dated 11/8/04 5:31:33 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: >So when will you switch to decaf? Seriously though, in case you didn't >notice this IS an open source discussion list, FreeBSD 5 is not just >another snapshot it has undergone qualification and is in my experi

Re: difference between releases

2004-11-08 Thread Jud
ains several links that provide good information regarding its features and bugs, such as both are known after an extended period of real-world testing. See http://www.freebsd.org/releases/5.3R/relnotes.html> and http://www.freebsd.org/releases/5.3R/errata.html>. With this and other

Re: difference between releases

2004-11-08 Thread Jerry McAllister
> > In a message dated 11/8/04 2:41:38 PM Eastern Standard Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > >As far as open-open source being the only one in beta, I work in > >development where our code is closed-source. Even we have to admit that > >our releases fit better int

Re: difference between releases

2004-11-08 Thread Jason Sheets
admit that > >our releases fit better into the category of BETA than RELEASE. > Which is pretty-much why I haven't bought or recommended anything from > HP since the LaserJet Plus. I wonder how they feel about you revealing that? > I do not represent anyone but myself on thi

Re: difference between releases

2004-11-08 Thread Greg Barniskis
At 01:57 PM 11/8/2004, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If the 4 bozos who jump on everything I say will just cut back on the coffee there wouldn't be so much BS. In a previous message, you indicated that you were sure some people found your posts valuable. The point you seem to be missing entirely is that

RE: difference between releases

2004-11-08 Thread Butterworth, Thaddaeus (Manpower Contract)
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, November 08, 2004 12:58 PM To: Butterworth, Thaddaeus (Manpower Contract) Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: difference between releases In a message dated 11/8/04 2:41:38 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] write

Re: difference between releases

2004-11-08 Thread Ruben de Groot
On Mon, Nov 08, 2004 at 12:47:30PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] typed: > I notice the same 3 losers answering over and over. They're probably among the last people who haven't put you on their kill-list yet. Congratulations, you're on mine now. Goodbye. __

Re: difference between releases

2004-11-08 Thread TM4526
In a message dated 11/8/04 2:41:38 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: >As far as open-open source being the only one in beta, I work in >development where our code is closed-source. Even we have to admit that >our releases fit better into the category of BETA than RELEA

Re: difference between releases

2004-11-08 Thread Butterworth, Thaddaeus (Manpower Contract)
Message: 18 Date: Mon, 8 Nov 2004 12:47:30 EST From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: difference between releases To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" In a message dated 11/8/04 11:54:37 AM Eastern Standard

Re: difference between releases

2004-11-08 Thread Alan Gerber
n conventional terms, yes, FreeBSD releases are something like snapshots, so you're right in that respect. However, these "snapshots"/releases are not really as much of a piece of beta software as you make it out to be. Many people download, use, and test the release prior to its

Re: difference between releases

2004-11-08 Thread Bart Silverstrim
On Nov 8, 2004, at 12:47 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 11/8/04 11:54:37 AM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: on the "release", which should be a known, completed code base. All part of the experience I suppose. The whole world is in beta. Get over it. Only the o

Re: difference between releases

2004-11-08 Thread TM4526
In a message dated 11/8/04 11:54:37 AM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > on the "release", which should be a known, completed code base. > > All part of the experience I suppose. >The whole world is in beta. Get over it. Only the open-source world. I notice the same 3 loser

Re: difference between releases

2004-11-08 Thread Jerry McAllister
> > In a message dated 11/8/04 10:49:14 AM Eastern Standard Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > >> How discouraging for you not to understand that. > > > > Its "discouraging", because a "Release" should be " a completed set of > > features that have been tested and thought to be bug-free" > > >Y

Re: difference between releases

2004-11-08 Thread TM4526
In a message dated 11/8/04 10:49:14 AM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: >> How discouraging for you not to understand that. > > Its "discouraging", because a "Release" should be " a completed set of > features that have been tested and thought to be bug-free" >You know that this i

Re: difference between releases

2004-11-08 Thread Giorgos Keramidas
On 2004-11-08 10:32, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >In a message dated 11/8/04 10:12:47 AM Eastern Standard Time, >[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: >>In a message dated 11/8/04 5:46:59 AM Eastern Standard Time, >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: >>> Releases are fixed points in time

Re: difference between releases

2004-11-08 Thread TM4526
In a message dated 11/8/04 10:12:47 AM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > In a message dated 11/8/04 5:46:59 AM Eastern Standard Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > >Releases are fixed points in time. They are marked on their respective > branch > >o

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