From 814d8ac75ef9f7d51bbe9c28e40ef5b89372b7f9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Bruce A. Mah" Date: Sun, 19 Jan 2003 16:04:02 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Stage a draft of the 5.0 release announcement to the Web site. This will be updated as appropriate after the real announcement goes out. --- en/releases/5.0R/Makefile | 4 +- en/releases/5.0R/announce.sgml | 194 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 196 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) create mode 100644 en/releases/5.0R/announce.sgml diff --git a/en/releases/5.0R/Makefile b/en/releases/5.0R/Makefile index 1d7d865819..e2311384cd 100644 --- a/en/releases/5.0R/Makefile +++ b/en/releases/5.0R/Makefile @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -# $FreeBSD: www/en/releases/5.0R/Makefile,v 1.4 2002/11/18 17:56:41 bmah Exp $ +# $FreeBSD: www/en/releases/5.0R/Makefile,v 1.5 2003/01/16 19:11:26 bmah Exp $ .if exists(../Makefile.conf) .include "../Makefile.conf" @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ .include "../Makefile.inc" .endif -DOCS= schedule.sgml todo.sgml +DOCS= announce.sgml schedule.sgml todo.sgml DOCS+= hardware.sgml relnotes.sgml installation.sgml DATA= docbook.css diff --git a/en/releases/5.0R/announce.sgml b/en/releases/5.0R/announce.sgml new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..fe29da6bcb --- /dev/null +++ b/en/releases/5.0R/announce.sgml @@ -0,0 +1,194 @@ + + + + %includes; +]> + +&header; + +

Date: Sunday, 19 Jan 2003 09:00:00 -0800
+ From: scottl@FreeBSD.org (Scott Long)
+ To: freebsd-announce@FreeBSD.org
+ Subject: FreeBSD 5.0-RELEASE Now Available

+ +

It is my privilege and pleasure to announce the availability of FreeBSD +5.0-RELEASE. The culmination of nearly three years of work, this +release starts FreeBSD on the path of advanced multiprocessor and +application thread support and introduces support for the sparc64 and +ia64 platforms. Among the long list of new and improved features:

+ + + +

Although FreeBSD 5.0 contains a number of new and exciting features, it +may not be suitable for all users. More conservative users may prefer +to continue using FreeBSD 4.X. Information on the various trade-offs +involved, as well as some notes on future plans for both FreeBSD 4.X +and 5.X, can be found in the Early Adopter's Guide, available here:

+ +

http://www.FreeBSD.org/releases/5.0R/early-adopter.html

+ +

For a complete list of new features and known problems, please see the +release notes and errata list, available here:

+ +

http://www.FreeBSD.org/releases/5.0R/relnotes.html

+

http://www.FreeBSD.org/releases/5.0R/errata.html

+ +

For more information about FreeBSD release engineering activities, +please see:

+ +

http://www.FreeBSD.org/releng/

+ +

Availability

+ +

FreeBSD 5.0-RELEASE supports the i386, pc98, alpha, sparc64, and +ia64 architectures and can be installed directly over the net using the +boot floppies or copied to a local NFS/FTP server. Distributions for +all architectures are available now.

+ +

Please continue to support the FreeBSD Project by purchasing media +from one of our supporting vendors. The following companies will be +offering FreeBSD 5.0 based products:

+ + + + + + + + + + + + +
FreeBSD Mall, Inc.http://www.freebsdmall.com/
Daemonnews, Inc.http://www.bsdmall.com/freebsd1.html
+ +

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. We can't promise that all the mirror sites will carry the +larger ISO images, but they will at least be available from:

+ + + +

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.

+ +

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.

+ +

More information about FreeBSD mirror sites can be found at:

+ +

http://www.FreeBSD.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/mirrors-ftp.html

+ +

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:

+ +

http://www.FreeBSD.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/install.html

+ +

Acknowledgments

+ +

Many companies donated equipment, network access, or man-hours to +finance the release engineering activities for FreeBSD 5.0 including +The FreeBSD Mall, Compaq, Yahoo!, Sentex Communications, and +NTT/Verio.

+ +

The release engineering team for 5.0-RELEASE includes:

+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
Scott Long <scottl@FreeBSD.org>Release Engineering and Building
Bruce A. Mah <bmah@FreeBSD.org>Release Engineering, Documentation
Robert Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.org>Release Engineering, Security
John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org>Release Engineering
Murray Stokely <murray@FreeBSD.org>Release Engineering
Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@FreeBSD.org>IA64 Release Building
Takahashi Yoshihiro <nyan@FreeBSD.org>PC98 Release Building
Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.org>Package Building
Jacques A. Vidrine <nectar@FreeBSD.org>Security Officer
+ + +