Date: Tuesday, 8 Apr 2002 15:00:00 -0800
+ From: "Murray Stokely" <murray@FreeBSD.org>
+ To: announce@FreeBSD.org
+ Subject: FreeBSD 5.0 Developer Preview #1 Now Available
A Developer Preview release of FreeBSD 5.0-CURRENT is now available + for widespread testing. This preview is a significant milestone + towards the eventual release of FreeBSD 5.0 in late 2002. Some of + the many new features that are available in this snapshot are listed + below:
+ +This is a development snapshot, and may include serious software + bugs. Do not install this on a machine where important data may be + put at risk. In addition, a number of debugging options are turned + on by default, so the poor performance of this snapshot should not + set expectations for the final release of 5.0.
+ +That said, we have done our best to provide a stable system for + developers and power-users to help test the new functionality in + 5.0. For a complete list of new features and known problems, please + see the release + notes and errata + list.
+ +5.0-DP1 is available for the i386, alpha, and sparc64 architectures + and can be installed directly over the net using the boot floppies + or copied to a local NFS/FTP server.
+ +If you can't afford the CDs, are impatient, or just want to use it + for evangelism purposes, then by all means download the ISOs, + otherwise please continue to support the FreeBSD project by + purchasing media from one of our supporting vendors. This Developer + Preview release is available on CD-ROM from the FreeBSD Mall.
+ +http://www.FreeBSDMall.com/ + +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, Israel, Japan, Korea, + Lithuania, Latvia, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, + Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, + Spain, Sweden, Taiwan, Thailand, the Ukraine, the United Kingdom, + and the United States.
+ +Before trying the central FTP site, please check your regional + mirror(s) first by going to:
+ +ftp://ftp.<yourdomain>.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD + +Any additional mirror sites will be labeled ftp2, ftp3 and so on.
+ + +We can't promise that all the mirror sites will carry the larger + ISO images, but they will at least be available from:
+ +See the FreeBSD + Handbook for additional information about FreeBSD mirror sites.
+ + +Finally, we would like to thank the developers, users, and +companies that continue to make FreeBSD releases possible.
+ +Many companies donated equipment, network access, or man-hours to + finance our ongoing release engineering activities, including Compaq, Yahoo!, and The FreeBSD Mall.
+ +I couldn't possibly list all of the people that have helped make +5.0 DP1 a reality, but the following people deserve to be singled out. +Will Andrews, Kris Kennaway, Steve Price, and the rest of the Ports +team did an incredible job fixing hundreds of third-party packages. +Robert Watson and Bruce A. Mah did an excellent job writing up the +errata file, helping to decide what changes should be made +specifically for this DP release, and much more. Jake Burkholder +acted not only as lead developer for the sparc64 port, but also as +package builder and release engineer! David O'Brien helped integrate +XFree86 4.2 into this snapshot.
+ +Please join me in thanking them for all the hard work that went + into polishing the FreeBSD -CURRENT development branch over the past + month. I would also like to thank the FreeBSD Committers + (committers@FreeBSD.org), without whom there would be nothing to + release, and the many thousands of FreeBSD users world-wide who + contributed bug fixes, features and suggestions.
+ +Above all else, remember that this is a work in progress. Please +help us find bugs now, so that 5.0-RELEASE will be that much better.
+ +Thanks!
+ +- Murray
+ + +