Forty-four years ago, John Hershel Glenn Jr. is successfully launched into space aboard the Friendship 7 spacecraft on the first orbital flight by an American astronaut. Russia had already sent two cosmonauts into orbit at this time. In the many following years Russian and America race each other for space superiority. Much later Russia and America have finally started cooperating in Earth's adventures into space. Competition is good, but collaboration can by so much better.
Today, Open Source stands as one of the ultimate examples of collaboration. No boundaries, no borders, no barriers. As an example of this collaboration, we are proud to announce:
Fedora Core 5 Test 3 Now Available ================================== The Fedora Project announces the third release of the Fedora Core 5 development cycle, available for the i386, x86_64, and PPC/PPC64 architectures. Beware that Test releases are recommended only for Linux experts/enthusiasts or for technology evaluation, as many parts are likely to be broken and the rate of change is rapid.
http://fedora.redhat.com/About/schedule/ Final is scheduled for release March 15. This aggressive schedule makes vitally important your help in testing, reporting and suggesting fixes for bugs. Please direct bugs to http://bugzilla.redhat.com, Product Fedora Core, Version fc5test3. As always, be sure that your bug is not already fixed by updates and search for existing bugs before filing.
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Core/ReleaseFreezeProcess/ During the continual freeze process, very few changes will be introduced. This is to prevent new bugs from surfacing and to ensure that Fedora Core 5 is the best release we can make it. Rawhide reports over the next three weeks should be very sparse. Please do test the few updates extensively.
Thanks to all in the Fedora Project who have contributed to this release. Your continued efforts are what makes Fedora possible.
Downloads ========= DVD, CD and network installation are available. Please read the Important Warnings below in this announcement for more details.
http://torrent.fedoraproject.org/ The recommended method of download is via BitTorrent from this site.
http://fedora.redhat.com/download/mirrors.html HTTP, FTP, and RSYNC downloads are available from Fedora Project mirrors listed above. Note that not all mirrors may be synced at this time.
Notable Features of FC5 Test 3 ============================== * Xen, now with x86_64! * Package selection within the installer has been reenabled. * Rebuilt again on later gcc4.1 snapshot for performance and security * Hibernate should be functional on a wide variety of hardware again (use pm-hibernate to test) * PPC Install CDs are bootable once again * Unified SRPM set instead of one per arch * Lots of bugfixes from Test 2 release testing * 1600+ Extras packages conveniently available via yum
http://fedora.redhat.com/docs/release-notes/ Latest version of release notes are available from here. (not yet uploaded, will be soon.
Important Warnings ================== http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FC5Test3CommonProblems Please see this page for an updated list of important notes for FC5test3 in order to avoid common problems and troubleshoot problems that you may see.
Have fun testing this release, and enjoy the collaboration of Linux.
Jesse Keating wrote: ...
Fedora Core 5 Test 3 Now Available
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Notable Features of FC5 Test 3
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- Hibernate should be functional on a wide variety of hardware again
(use pm-hibernate to test)
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Important Warnings
maybe need an entry like: On notebook computers hibernate is enabled by default, to encourage testers to try it on their hardware. There are some machines that will not resume after a hibernate or suspend. This may be noticed on machines with a lid switch where the gnome-power-manager properties default to hibernate on close lid, instructing fedora to suspend/hibernate when the lid is closed. The problematic machines will not resume from this situation either through lid-open or the power button, and require a power button hard off and power on to boot normally again.
But I can't confirm just yet (still downloading).
Hi Jesse, Congratulations!
Fedora Core 5 Test 3 Now Available
..... Notable Features of FC5 Test 3 ==============================
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- Unified SRPM set instead of one per arch
Can you tell me more about this feature? I thought there has been a single SRPM for every arch. Please correct me if I am wrong ;) Thanks, khirano
On Wed, 2006-02-22 at 03:00 +0900, Kazunari Hirano wrote:
Can you tell me more about this feature? I thought there has been a single SRPM for every arch. Please correct me if I am wrong ;) Thanks, khirano
Yes, there is a single srpm that will generate binary rpms for each arch. However not every arch gets every package, and some packages are specific to just one arch. s390-utils and the like. This would mean that given the binary packages in a given arch, the source package set could vary between each arch. In the past, the specific source package set was spun into isos for each arch creating slightly different iso sets for each arch and a lot of wasted space. Now all the srpms used for any arch are put in a single directory, and that directory is used to spin a single set of source isos. Much less wasted space and much easier to bypass the sources when you are downloading or mirroring.
Hi Jesse,
Yes, there is a single srpm that will generate binary rpms for each arch. However not every arch gets every package, and some packages are specific to just one arch. s390-utils and the like. This would mean that given the binary packages in a given arch, the source package set could vary between each arch. In the past, the specific source package set was spun into isos for each arch creating slightly different iso sets for each arch and a lot of wasted space. Now all the srpms used for any arch are put in a single directory, and that directory is used to spin a single set of source isos. Much less wasted space and much easier to bypass the sources when you are downloading or mirroring.
Thanks for your explanation. Very clear now :) I have just translated your comment above into Japanese and forwarded to discuss@fedora.jp. Regards, khirano
Gene C. wrote:
On Monday 20 February 2006 13:02, Jesse Keating wrote:
- Unified SRPM set instead of one per arch
Although the source rpms do exist under .../4.92/source/srpms, the associated isos are "empty" (no *src.rpm files).
It appears the build system needs some work.
Already listed in the announcement - http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FC5Test3CommonProblems