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diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/releases/4.7R/announce.sgml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/releases/4.7R/announce.sgml new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..3f6d15ab8c --- /dev/null +++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/releases/4.7R/announce.sgml @@ -0,0 +1,187 @@ +<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//FreeBSD//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional-Based Extension//EN" [ +<!ENTITY base CDATA "../.."> +<!ENTITY date "$FreeBSD: www/en/releases/4.7R/announce.sgml,v 1.5 2005/10/04 06:36:42 murray Exp $"> +<!ENTITY title "FreeBSD 4.7-RELEASE Announcement"> +<!ENTITY % navinclude.download "INCLUDE"> +]> +<html> +&header; + +<p><b>Date:</b> Thu, 10 Oct 2002 07:47:54 -0700<br> + <b>From:</b> "Murray Stokely" <murray@FreeBSD.org><br> + <b>To:</b> freebsd-announce@FreeBSD.org<br> + <b>Subject:</b> FreeBSD 4.7-RELEASE is now available</p> + +<p>I am happy to announce the availability of FreeBSD 4.7-RELEASE, the + latest release of the FreeBSD -STABLE development branch. Since + FreeBSD 4.6-RELEASE in June 2002, we have updated a number of + software programs in the base system, such as GCC and sendmail. + Several new drivers have been added for USB devices and disk + controllers. We have also incorporated updates for XFree86 and our + Linux emulation libraries.</p> + +<p>FreeBSD 4.7 also incorporates all of the security and bug fixes + from 4.6.2 (released in August 2002), including several ATA-related + bugfixes, updates for OpenSSL and OpenSSH, and fixes to address + several security advisories.</p> + +<p>For a complete list of new features and known problems, please see + the release notes and errata list, available here:</p> + +<p><a href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/releases/4.7R/relnotes.html">http://www.FreeBSD.org/releases/4.7R/relnotes.html</a></p> +<p><a +href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/releases/4.7R/errata.html">http://www.FreeBSD.org/releases/4.7R/errata.html</a></p> + +<p>For more information about FreeBSD release engineering activities + (including information about the upcoming FreeBSD 5.0), please + see:</p> + +<p><a href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/releng/">http://www.FreeBSD.org/releng/</a></p> + +<h1>Availability</h1> + +<p>FreeBSD 4.7-RELEASE supports the i386 and alpha architectures and + can be installed directly over the net using the boot floppies or + copied to a local NFS/FTP server. Distributions for the i386 are + available now. As of this writing, the final builds for the alpha + architecture are in progress and will be made available shortly.</p> + +<p>We can't promise that all the mirror sites will carry the larger + ISO images, but they will at least be available from:</p> + +<ul> + <li><a + href="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/">ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/</a></li> + <li><a + href="ftp://ftp12.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/">ftp://ftp12.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/</a></li> + <li><a href="ftp://ftp.tw.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/">ftp://ftp.tw.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/</a></li> + <li><a href="ftp://ftp4.jp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/">ftp://ftp{2,3,4,5}.jp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/</a></li> + <li><a + href="ftp://ftp.cz.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/">ftp://ftp.cz.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/</a></li> + <li><a href="ftp://ftp7.de.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/">ftp://ftp7.de.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/</a></li> + <li><a href="ftp://ftp.lt.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/">ftp://ftp.lt.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/</a></li> + <li><a + href="ftp://ftp2.za.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/">ftp://ftp2.za.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/</a></li> + <li><a href="ftp://ftp.se.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/">ftp://ftp.se.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/</a></li> + <li><a href="ftp://ftp.ru.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/">ftp://ftp{1,2,4}.ru.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/</a></li> +</ul> + +<p>If you can't afford FreeBSD on media, are impatient, or just want + to use it for evangelism purposes, then by all means download the + ISO images, otherwise please continue to support the FreeBSD Project + by purchasing media from one of our supporting vendors. The + following companies have contributed substantially to the + development of FreeBSD:</p> + +<table border="0"> + <tbody> + <tr> + <td align="LEFT">FreeBSD Mall, Inc.</td> + <td align="LEFT"><a href="http://www.freebsdmall.com/">http://www.freebsdmall.com/</a></td> + </tr> + + <tr> + <td align="LEFT">Daemon News</td> + <td align="LEFT"><a href="http://www.bsdmall.com/freebsd1.html">http://www.bsdmall.com/freebsd1.html</a></td> + </tr> + </tbody> +</table> + +<p>Each CD or DVD set contains the FreeBSD installation and + application package bits for the i386 ("PC") architecture. For a set + of distfiles used to build ports in the ports collection, please see + the FreeBSD Toolkit, a 6 CD set containing extra bits which no + longer fit on the 4 CD set, or the DVD distribution.</p> + +<p>FreeBSD is also available via anonymous FTP from mirror sites in + the following countries: Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Bulgaria, + Canada, China, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, + Germany, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Japan, Korea, + Lithuania, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland, Portugal, Romania, + Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, + Spain, Sweden, Taiwan, Thailand, Ukraine, and the United + Kingdom.</p> + +<p>Before trying the central FTP site, please check your regional + mirror(s) first by going to:</p> + +<p>ftp://ftp.<yourdomain>.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD</p> + +<p>Any additional mirror sites will be labeled ftp2, ftp3 and so + on.</p> + +<p>More information about FreeBSD mirror sites can be found at:</p> + +<p><a href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/mirrors-ftp.html">http://www.FreeBSD.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/mirrors-ftp.html</a></p> + +<p>For instructions on installing FreeBSD, please see Chapter 2 of The + FreeBSD Handbook. It provides a complete installation walk-through + for users new to FreeBSD, and can be found online at:</p> + +<p><a href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/install.html">http://www.FreeBSD.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/install.html</a></p> + +<h1>Acknowledgments</h1> + +<p>Many companies donated equipment, network access, or man-hours to + finance the release engineering activities for FreeBSD 4.7 including + The FreeBSD Mall, Compaq, Yahoo!, Sentex Communications, and + NTT/Verio.</p> + +<p>In addition to myself, the release engineering team for + 4.7-RELEASE includes:</p> + +<table border="0"> + <tbody> + <tr> + <td>Bruce Mah <<a href="mailto:bmah@FreeBSD.org">bmah@FreeBSD.org</a>></td> + <td>Release Engineering, Documentation</td> + </tr> + + <tr> + <td>Robert Watson <<a href="mailto:rwatson@FreeBSD.org">rwatson@FreeBSD.org</a>></td> + <td>Release Engineering, Security</td> + </tr> + + <tr> + <td>John Baldwin <<a href="mailto:jhb@FreeBSD.org">jhb@FreeBSD.org</a>></td> + <td>Release Engineering, alpha Builds</td> + </tr> + + <tr> + <td>Brian Somers <<a href="mailto:brian@FreeBSD.org">brian@FreeBSD.org</a>></td> + <td>Release Engineering</td> + </tr> + + <tr> + <td>Steve Price <<a href="mailto:steve@FreeBSD.org">steve@FreeBSD.org</a>></td> + <td>Package Splits</td> + </tr> + + <tr> + <td>Will Andrews <<a href="mailto:will@FreeBSD.org">will@FreeBSD.org</a>></td> + <td>Package Splits</td> + </tr> + + <tr> + <td>Kris Kennaway <<a href="mailto:kris@FreeBSD.org">kris@FreeBSD.org</a>></td> + <td>Package Building</td> + </tr> + + </tbody> +</table> + +<p>Please join me in thanking them for all the hard work which went + into making this release. Many thanks are also due to the FreeBSD + committers (committers@FreeBSD.org), without whom there would be + nothing to release, and thousands of FreeBSD users world-wide who + have contributed bug fixes, features, and suggestions.</p> + +<p>Enjoy!</p> + +<p>Murray Stokely<br> +(For the FreeBSD Release Engineering Team)</p> + +&footer; + +</body> +</html> |