diff --git a/en/releases/7.2R/announce.sgml b/en/releases/7.2R/announce.sgml index 3a8ecca4cc..c24ca5f925 100644 --- a/en/releases/7.2R/announce.sgml +++ b/en/releases/7.2R/announce.sgml @@ -1,15 +1,410 @@ - + ]> &header; -

FreeBSD 7.2-RELEASE is not released yet.

+

The FreeBSD Release Engineering Team is pleased to announce the + availability of FreeBSD 7.2-RELEASE. This is the third release + from the 7-STABLE branch which improves on the functionality of + FreeBSD 7.1 and introduces some new features. Some of the + highlights:

+ + + +

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

+ + + +

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

+ + + +

Availability

+ +

FreeBSD 7.2-RELEASE is now available for the amd64, i386, ia64, + pc98, powerpc, and sparc64 architectures.

+ +

FreeBSD 7.2 can be installed from bootable ISO images or over the + network; the required files can be downloaded via FTP or + BitTorrent as described in the sections below. While some of the + smaller FTP mirrors may not carry all architectures, they will all + generally contain the more common ones, such as i386 and + amd64.

+ +

MD5 and SHA256 hashes for the release ISO images are included at + the bottom of this message.

+ +

The purpose of the ISO images provided as part of the release are + as follows:

+ +
+
dvd1
+ +

This contains everything necessary to install the base + FreeBSD operating system, a collection of pre-built packages, + and the documentation. It also supports booting into a + "livefs" based rescue mode. This should be all you need if + you can burn and use DVD-sized media.

+ +
disc1, disc2, disc3, livefs, docs
+ +

disc1 contains the base FreeBSD operating + system and a few pre-built packages. disc2 + and disc3 contain more pre-built packages. + Those three can be burned to CDROM sized media and should be + all you need to do a normal installation. + livefs contains support for booting into a + "livefs" based rescue mode but does not support doing an + install from the CD itself. You would need to perform a + network based install. docs contains the + documentation.

+ +
bootonly
+ +

This supports booting a machine using the CDROM drive but + does not contain the support for installing FreeBSD from the + CD itself. You would need to perform a network based install + (e.g. from an FTP server) after booting from the CD.

+
+ +

Note: late in the testing cycle it was + discovered some machines do not recognize the i386 disc1 as + bootable (they just fall through to booting off the next boot + device). All affected machines did see the other discs as + bootable. If you have a machine with that problem booting off + either bootonly or livefs and then swapping in disc1 once + sysinstall starts should work.

+ +

FreeBSD 7.2-RELEASE can also be purchased on CD-ROM or DVD from + several vendors. One of the vendors that will be offering FreeBSD + 7.2-based products is:

+ + + +

BitTorrent

+ +

7.2-RELEASE ISOs are available via BitTorrent. A collection of + torrent files to download the images is available at:

+ + + +

FTP

+ +

At the time of this announcement the following FTP sites have + FreeBSD 7.2-RELEASE available.

+ + + +

However before trying these sites please check your regional + mirror(s) first by going to:

+ + + +

Any additional mirror sites will be labeled + ftp2, ftp3 and so on.

+ +

More information about FreeBSD mirror sites can be found at:

+ + + +

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:

+ + + +

Updates from Source

+ +

The procedure for doing a source code based update is described in the + FreeBSD Handbook:

+ + + +

The branch tag to use for updating the source is RELENG_7_2.

+ +

FreeBSD Update

+ +

The freebsd-update(8) utility supports binary upgrades of i386 + and amd64 systems running earlier FreeBSD releases. Systems + running 7.0-RELEASE, 7.1-RELEASE, 7.2-BETA, 7.2-RC1, or 7.2-RC2 + can upgrade as follows:

+ + 
# freebsd-update upgrade -r 7.2-RELEASE
+ +

During this process, FreeBSD Update may ask the user to help by + merging some configuration files or by confirming that the + automatically performed merging was done correctly.

+ + 
# freebsd-update install
+ +

The system must be rebooted with the newly installed kernel + before continuing.

+ + 
# shutdown -r now
+ +

After rebooting, freebsd-update needs to be run again to + install the new userland components, and the system needs to be + rebooted again:

+ + 
# freebsd-update install
+# shutdown -r now
+ +

Users of earlier FreeBSD releases (FreeBSD 6.x) can also use + freebsd-update to upgrade to FreeBSD 7.2, but will be prompted + to rebuild all third-party applications (e.g., anything + installed from the ports tree) after the second invocation of + "freebsd-update install", in order to handle differences in the + system libraries between FreeBSD 6.x and FreeBSD 7.x.

+ +

For more information about upgrading from FreeBSD 6.x using + FreeBSD Update, see:

+ + + +

Support

+ +

The FreeBSD Security Team currently plans to support FreeBSD + 7.2 until May 31st, 2010. For more information on the Security + Team and their support of the various FreeBSD branches see:

+ + + +

Acknowledgments

+ +

Many companies donated equipment, network access, or man-hours to + support the release engineering activities for FreeBSD 7.2 including + The FreeBSD Foundation, Hewlett-Packard, Yahoo!, NetApp, + Internet Systems Consortium, and Sentex Communications.

+ +

The release engineering team for 7.2-RELEASE includes:

+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
Ken Smith <kensmith@FreeBSD.org>Release Engineering, + amd64, i386, sparc64 Release Building, + Mirror Site Coordination
Robert Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.org>Release Engineering, Security
Konstantin Belousov <kib@FreeBSD.org>Release Engineering
Marc Fonvieille <blackend@FreeBSD.org>Release Engineering, Documentation
George Neville-Neil <gnn@FreeBSD.org>Release Engineering
Hiroki Sato <hrs@FreeBSD.org>Release Engineering, Documentation
Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@FreeBSD.org>ia64, powerpc Release Building
Takahashi Yoshihiro <nyan@FreeBSD.org>PC98 Release Building
Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.org>Package Building
Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@FreeBSD.org>Package Building
Erwin Lansing <erwin@FreeBSD.org>Package Building
Mark Linimon <linimon@FreeBSD.org>Package Building
Pav Lucistnik <pav@FreeBSD.org>Package Building
Colin Percival <cperciva@FreeBSD.org>Security Officer
+ +

Trademark

+ +

FreeBSD is a registered trademark of The FreeBSD Foundation.

+ +

ISO Image Checksums

+ + 
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+MD5 (7.2-RELEASE-amd64-disc1.iso) = 3b281f75acef6f6a16d5e405ed003f36
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+MD5 (7.2-RELEASE-amd64-livefs.iso) = 93c4ad283b66f6cb9d1eb1dcace92ce6
+ + 
MD5 (7.2-RELEASE-i386-bootonly.iso) = aceb5cdbb14780c97924cb4a645d3258
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+MD5 (7.2-RELEASE-i386-livefs.iso) = decdd91479b8059e70eed6d8e4eb5c06
+ + 
MD5 (7.2-RELEASE-ia64-bootonly.iso) = d0a84e0014b042f5369e1644a38c380c
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+MD5 (7.2-RELEASE-ia64-livefs.iso) = 02eadf879e203148610d823e7db515ba
+ + 
MD5 (7.2-RELEASE-pc98-bootonly.iso) = a0eaf2126458fc88ee1ac6d82d1f1c3a
+MD5 (7.2-RELEASE-pc98-disc1.iso) = 6555c5c4a8606ee043b5a7fbb7759b32
+MD5 (7.2-RELEASE-pc98-livefs.iso) = 0a23c3c4fc94d2961be5d148003e9511
+ + 
MD5 (7.2-RELEASE-powerpc-bootonly.iso) = 17ddd18ad20aa00dd5b4830e536eabad
+MD5 (7.2-RELEASE-powerpc-disc1.iso) = 015869f4f70124c0204ebd111d876142
+MD5 (7.2-RELEASE-powerpc-disc2.iso) = 2f6d5139b57e982039fb90f02cf3f508
+MD5 (7.2-RELEASE-powerpc-disc3.iso) = 0a6d3b4a5808374bb44f3f8583df38f7
+MD5 (7.2-RELEASE-powerpc-docs.iso) = bb30b266f3c0164b512b3b3317f8ab68
+ + 
MD5 (7.2-RELEASE-sparc64-bootonly.iso) = e3246598de481f7c1b117c81b46acfaa
+MD5 (7.2-RELEASE-sparc64-disc1.iso) = 2e767c93f195b69ea83274a1dff4dd5c
+MD5 (7.2-RELEASE-sparc64-docs.iso) = 1b3d32f0c82c89e18b6f2a3eeca47ae5
+ + 
SHA256 (7.2-RELEASE-amd64-bootonly.iso) = fb87f4c7ddf8870e8758191181ebf3730dd44534ecc3654069a66d85c56695d3
+SHA256 (7.2-RELEASE-amd64-disc1.iso) = 1ea1f6f652d7c5f5eab7ef9f8edbed50cb664b08ed761850f95f48e86cc71ef5
+SHA256 (7.2-RELEASE-amd64-disc2.iso) = 0a951c4eea8891b0d2bf3702eb933037dc6db3530b9a37e5b33d765ba9f67154
+SHA256 (7.2-RELEASE-amd64-disc3.iso) = 870eeb94b3f21d0ab603986bc6fecb6b3a4a7529f6220ba34aef6458fc43a8b4
+SHA256 (7.2-RELEASE-amd64-docs.iso) = 109b9d048b8ff58e392f002ef85f60e75b33ea72ef658edb610f9f50235508d4
+SHA256 (7.2-RELEASE-amd64-dvd1.iso) = 1e13d3b6dfa7034e86f17b9ba379fff56761ffad7e029a23a27e92e9dbde2788
+SHA256 (7.2-RELEASE-amd64-livefs.iso) = df3cc7f8795b9b260ada2facbd0d77114f0535c35b933a503ac3e56e05947e33
+ + 
SHA256 (7.2-RELEASE-i386-bootonly.iso) = 6993e73ad5e012d1605c5cf085942b694ec4fa6fb4be114c7e752a012b8c3a5e
+SHA256 (7.2-RELEASE-i386-disc1.iso) = bf4d00102215b07f5a4c8acac80b9d9bd9bf8bd93ac554fe09b21302f0b41380
+SHA256 (7.2-RELEASE-i386-disc2.iso) = 573673db5acebd68dfdbca63f620b923a7e68421f1e946fb26a1381e3d7fd9f8
+SHA256 (7.2-RELEASE-i386-disc3.iso) = ec5c98c02849c181f405e63875f193e33e121cb087cec0bd2a3e10f533ffc8e7
+SHA256 (7.2-RELEASE-i386-docs.iso) = 77beb6e7a7905a2e9aba4adeb2722be5fbdb699bd44bd0a01e3780b4623d2ce9
+SHA256 (7.2-RELEASE-i386-dvd1.iso) = de395cc63cb7fa22a0bf116487c13d56aac71762787fc5581746bfb48e66f750
+SHA256 (7.2-RELEASE-i386-livefs.iso) = 4faa7b9d78d125f9b28521247e32e1f0bef3b0b0f21b654ba22c6e79ca3301ce
+ + 
SHA256 (7.2-RELEASE-ia64-bootonly.iso) = 0a2f5fb514f14760b1237059d9ef381e0836fd45579c5264efc2eb49cc57fbb9
+SHA256 (7.2-RELEASE-ia64-disc1.iso) = 048850ab672ae6865225b4d3ca324753dd823d526ce93480adf15f602acd96bf
+SHA256 (7.2-RELEASE-ia64-disc2.iso) = 5fe326d21f2e7646c63a1b6fb5ae913971da99f1c660f0ffd148de19fc47fb11
+SHA256 (7.2-RELEASE-ia64-disc3.iso) = 58c0c94d12ca197593ec48cab2fc5ec619a87caa16ae5421958216773665086d
+SHA256 (7.2-RELEASE-ia64-docs.iso) = 106844d5135e56ed2232ecabe0e4dc8c78e54f7e9d43e92be0ee3f741009a2eb
+SHA256 (7.2-RELEASE-ia64-livefs.iso) = 70294d2d65e2f483af23d9a4c0d14e1af43da68c086b3e247af31e85050b1247
+ + 
SHA256 (7.2-RELEASE-pc98-bootonly.iso) = 37f65bb079304353858da6f06936cf12d19cfcdd6f4127aecac91d2a23976db1
+SHA256 (7.2-RELEASE-pc98-disc1.iso) = 877845e4dcd3b617f1c23a47b62d27dbe3a5ff6d35075cb20cd038e2b749220f
+SHA256 (7.2-RELEASE-pc98-livefs.iso) = 3741eb5a178fa0b97a6f50b57dcc750ee7d9d2e1871a244740a4603b22289491
+ + 
SHA256 (7.2-RELEASE-powerpc-bootonly.iso) = d933276ab67b6de04144ffb3a15e632f6ac6f0a82237654f9349214e0c0acb9b
+SHA256 (7.2-RELEASE-powerpc-disc1.iso) = b366319ce4cfdbff2ef394cca6f460159dd1e4949927da82904ff5c9baa3f4b8
+SHA256 (7.2-RELEASE-powerpc-disc2.iso) = 40e4d5e94c543018fd692efe7150bcca482f1a0a3ddc50330bbbd5a320d90d36
+SHA256 (7.2-RELEASE-powerpc-disc3.iso) = fc5ed9a503447c68a9e8392b60c4c35650208c42da982c9c6206e349ad327888
+SHA256 (7.2-RELEASE-powerpc-docs.iso) = 58e4f348b057608515bca359a713877964fddf638bca921d09000aada899477b
+ + 
SHA256 (7.2-RELEASE-sparc64-bootonly.iso) = 98aa7492c195df441b4e4699984fd8f38af1db03e7e92cc8d1530089a4d50e11
+SHA256 (7.2-RELEASE-sparc64-disc1.iso) = ba7fa45c21d7ca43bacb78fe46c18ef15f73e480e7fe3e6c8ba8c575efe25888
+SHA256 (7.2-RELEASE-sparc64-docs.iso) = b67483a4e198e2aeb99bacf9cc826f36a3d9304482fb49c34d05590661d6da76
&footer; diff --git a/en/releases/7.2R/schedule.sgml b/en/releases/7.2R/schedule.sgml index 649ac2c447..a54489f72d 100644 --- a/en/releases/7.2R/schedule.sgml +++ b/en/releases/7.2R/schedule.sgml @@ -1,201 +1,201 @@ - + ]> &header;

Introduction

This is a specific schedule for the release of FreeBSD &local.rel;. For more general information about the release engineering process, please see the Release Engineering section of the web site.

General discussions about the pending release and known issues should be sent to the public freebsd-stable mailing list. MFC requests should be sent to re@FreeBSD.org.

Schedule

- +
Action Expected Actual Description
Reminder announcement 16 March 2009 17 March 2009 Release Engineers send announcement email to developers with a rough schedule for the FreeBSD &local.rel; release.
Announce the Ports Freeze 3 April 2009 3 April 2009 Someone from portmgr@ should email freebsd-ports@ to set a date for the week long ports freeze and tagging of the ports tree.
Code freeze begins 23 March 2009 23 March 2009 After this date, all commits to RELENG_7 must be approved by re@FreeBSD.org. Certain highly active documentation committers are exempt from this rule for routine man page / release note updates. Heads-up emails should be sent to the developers, as well as stable@ and qa@ lists.
Announce doc/ tree slush -- 3 April 2009 Notification of the impending doc/ tree slush should be sent to doc@.
Ports tree frozen 13 April 2009 13 April 2009 Only approved commits will be permitted to the ports/ tree during the freeze.
doc/ tree slush 10 April 2009 10 April 2009 Non-essential commits to the en_US.ISO8859-1/ subtree should be delayed from this point until after the doc/ tree tagging, to give translation teams time to synchronize their work.
doc/ tree tagged. 17 April 2009 17 April 2009 Version number bumps for doc/ subtree. RELEASE_&local.rel.tag;_0 tag for doc/. doc/ slush ends at this time.
BETA1 builds 30 March 2009 31 March 2009 Begin BETA1 builds.
RELENG_7_2 branch 10 April 2009 15 April 2009 The new release branch is created. Update newvers.sh and release.ent on various branches involved.
RC1 builds 13 April 2009 15 April 2009 Begin RC1 builds.
Ports tree tagged 20 April 2009 21 April 2009 RELEASE_&local.rel.tag;_0 tag for ports/.
Ports tree unfrozen 20 April 2009 21 April 2009 After the ports/ tree is tagged, the ports/ tree will be re-opened for commits, but commits made after tagging will not go in &local.rel;-RELEASE.
Final package build starts 20 April 2009 21 April 2009 The ports cluster and pointyhat build final packages.
RC2 builds 20 April 2009 23 April 2009 Begin RC2 builds.
RELEASE builds 1 May 2009 1 May 2009 Begin RELEASE builds.
Announcement 4 May 2009--4 May 2009 Announcement sent out after a majority of the mirrors have received the bits.
Turn over to the secteam TBD -- RELENG_&local.rel.tag; branch is handed over to the FreeBSD Security Officer Team in one or two weeks after the announcement.

Additional Information

&footer; diff --git a/en/releases/index.sgml b/en/releases/index.sgml index d06455af33..19bc1d39b3 100644 --- a/en/releases/index.sgml +++ b/en/releases/index.sgml @@ -1,509 +1,519 @@ - + ]> - + &header; FreeBSD Releases

For late-breaking news about FreeBSD, please visit the Newsflash page.

Current Release(s)

Release &rel.current; (&rel.current.date;) Announcement : Release Notes : Hardware Notes : Readme : Errata

Release &rel2.current; (&rel2.current.date;) Announcement : Release Notes : Hardware Notes : Installation Notes : Readme : Errata

The latest snapshots from our FreeBSD-STABLE and FreeBSD-CURRENT branches are also available. Please see Getting FreeBSD for details.

Future Releases

We will continue to bring you new releases from both our FreeBSD-STABLE and FreeBSD-CURRENT branches, both as developer's snapshots and as regular full releases.

For more information about the release engineering process, or to see a comprehensive schedule of upcoming releases, please visit the Release Engineering section of this web site.

The release documentation files for FreeBSD-STABLE and FreeBSD-CURRENT are available for viewing in HTML format on the Release Documentation page. These files are rebuilt periodically, and reflect the changing state of FreeBSD's development.

Past Releases

Release Usage Statistics

A snapshot of the current and past FreeBSD release usage is available at http://www.FreeBSD.org/statistic/release_usage/.

&footer; diff --git a/en/releng/index.sgml b/en/releng/index.sgml index 3f621a7a50..7dfdaa6164 100644 --- a/en/releng/index.sgml +++ b/en/releng/index.sgml @@ -1,431 +1,438 @@ - + %developers; re@FreeBSD.org'> security-officer@FreeBSD.org'> portmgr@FreeBSD.org'> freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org'> doceng@FreeBSD.org'> freebsd-www@FreeBSD.org'> ]> &header;

This page contains documentation about the FreeBSD release engineering process.

Upcoming Release Schedule

NOTE: Release dates are approximate and may be subject to schedule slippage.

- +
Date Event Information
May 2009 FreeBSD 7.2RC2 is availablereleased on schedule
August 2009 FreeBSD 8.0  

Code-Freeze Status

The following table lists the code freeze status for the major branches of the src/ subtree of the FreeBSD CVS repository. Commits to any branch listed as "frozen" must first be reviewed and approved by the relevant contact party. The status of other subtrees such as ports/, doc/, and www/ is also provided below.

+ + + + + + +
Branch Status Contact Notes
HEAD Open committers Active development branch for 8-CURRENT.
RELENG_7 Frozen &contact.re; Development branch for 7-STABLE.
RELENG_7_2Frozen&contact.re;FreeBSD 7.2 supported errata fix branch.
RELENG_7_1 Frozen &contact.so; FreeBSD 7.1 supported errata fix branch.
RELENG_7_0 Frozen &contact.so; FreeBSD 7.0 supported errata fix branch.
RELENG_6 Open committers Development branch for 6-STABLE.
RELENG_6_4 Frozen &contact.so; FreeBSD 6.4 supported errata fix branch.
RELENG_6_3 Frozen &contact.so; FreeBSD 6.3 supported errata fix branch.
RELENG_6_2 Frozen &contact.so; FreeBSD 6.2 errata fix branch (not officially supported).
RELENG_6_1 Frozen &contact.so; FreeBSD 6.1 errata fix branch (not officially supported).
RELENG_6_0 Frozen &contact.so; FreeBSD 6.0 errata fix branch (not officially supported).
RELENG_5 Open committers Maintenance branch for 5-STABLE (not officially supported).
RELENG_5_5 Frozen &contact.so; FreeBSD 5.5 errata fix branch (not officially supported).
RELENG_5_4 Frozen &contact.so; FreeBSD 5.4 errata fix branch (not officially supported).
RELENG_5_3 Frozen &contact.so; FreeBSD 5.3 errata fix branch (not officially supported).
RELENG_5_2 Frozen &contact.so; FreeBSD 5.2 / 5.2.1 security fix branch (not officially supported).
RELENG_5_1 Frozen &contact.so; FreeBSD 5.1 security fix branch (not officially supported).
RELENG_5_0 Frozen &contact.so; FreeBSD 5.0 security fix branch (not officially supported).
RELENG_4 Open committers Maintenance branch for 4-STABLE (not officially supported).
RELENG_4_11 Frozen &contact.so; FreeBSD 4.11 errata fix branch (not officially supported).
RELENG_4_10 Frozen &contact.so; FreeBSD 4.10 security fix branch (not officially supported).
RELENG_4_9 Frozen &contact.so; FreeBSD 4.9 security fix branch (not officially supported).
RELENG_4_8 Frozen &contact.so; FreeBSD 4.8 security fix branch (not officially supported).
RELENG_4_7 Frozen &contact.so; FreeBSD 4.7 security fix branch (not officially supported).
RELENG_4_6 Frozen &contact.so; FreeBSD 4.6 security fix branch (not officially supported).
RELENG_4_5 Frozen &contact.so; FreeBSD 4.5 security fix branch (not officially supported).
RELENG_4_4 Frozen &contact.so; FreeBSD 4.4 security fix branch (not officially supported).
RELENG_4_3 Frozen &contact.so; FreeBSD 4.3 security fix branch (not officially supported).
RELENG_3 Open committers Maintenance branch for 3-STABLE (not officially supported).
RELENG_2_2 Open committers Maintenance branch for 2.2-STABLE (not officially supported).
Subtree Status Contact Notes
ports/ Slush (no sweeping commits until after 7.2 release) &contact.portmgr; FreeBSD Ports Collection.
doc/ Open &contact.doc; SGML/XML based documentation set.
www/ Open &contact.www; FreeBSD Web site sources.

Release Engineering Documentation

Release Engineering Team

The primary release engineering team is responsible for approving MFC requests during code freezes, setting release schedules, and all of the other responsibilities laid out in our charter.

Primary RE Team (re@FreeBSD.org) : &a.re.members; form the primary release engineering decision-making group.

The platform-specific release engineering teams are responsible for building and packaging FreeBSD releases on the given platforms.

Alpha Platform REs (re-alpha@FreeBSD.org) : &a.re-alpha;

AMD64 Platform REs (re-amd64@FreeBSD.org) : &a.re-amd64;

ia64 Platform REs (re-ia64@FreeBSD.org) : &a.re-ia64;

i386 Platform REs (re-x86@FreeBSD.org) : &a.re-i386;

pc98 Platform REs (re-pc98@FreeBSD.org) : &a.re-pc98;

PowerPC Platform REs (re-ppc@FreeBSD.org) : &a.re-powerpc;

sparc64 Platform REs (re-sparc64@FreeBSD.org) : &a.re-sparc64;

The third party packages in the Ports Collection are managed by the portmgr@ team. Among many other responsibilities, the port managers keep the ports cluster running smoothly to produce binary packages.

Package Builders (&contact.portmgr;) : &a.portmgr;

Frequently Asked Questions

Where can I find the release directory or ISO images for older FreeBSD releases?

The FreeBSD Project does not maintain a centralized historical archive of old release ISO images, but there are still many options. First, a large collection of the old releases (many complete with the package sets) is at ftp://ftp-archive.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD-Archive/old-releases/. Second, try looking on http://mirrorlist.FreeBSD.org. If you are unable to find an FTP mirror that still contains the release you are looking for, then you can email CD-ROM vendors to see if they have any old releases available. In September 2003, we know of a case where FreeBSD 1.1 was used in a court of law to invalidate a bogus software patent. Clearly, older releases can be very important in some situations.

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FreeBSD + 7.2-RELEASE is now available. Please be sure to check + the Release + Notes and Release + Errata before installation for any late-breaking news + and/or issues with 7.2. More information about FreeBSD + releases can be found on the Release + Information page.

+ + + + 4 24 FreeBSD 7.2-RC2 Available

The second of two planned Release Candidates for the &os; 7.2-RELEASE cycle is now available. ISO images for Tier-1 architectures are now available on most of the &os; mirror sites.

 21 DCBSDCon Videos Posted

All of the technical sessions from the recent DCBSDCon 2009 conference were recorded and are now available in the BSDConferences channel on YouTube. There are now 50 separate videos of technical talks from MeetBSD, NYCBSDCon, AsiaBSDCon, and BSDCan available in the channel.

 17 FreeBSD 7.2-RC1 Available

The first of two planned Release Candidates for the &os; 7.2-RELEASE cycle is now available. ISO images for Tier-1 architectures are now available on most of the &os; mirror sites.

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Enhanced commit privileges: Gábor Páli (ports, doc)

 10 PC-BSD 7.1 Released

PC-BSD 7.1 has been released. PC-BSD is a successful desktop operating system based on FreeBSD that focuses on providing an easy to use desktop system for casual computer users. A list of new features/updates since the last version can be found here.

The new release may be downloaded or purchased on DVD.

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New committer: Rick Macklem (src)

 3 FreeBSD 7.2-BETA1 Available

The final stage of the &os; 7.2-RELEASE cycle has begun with the first beta release. ISO images for Tier-1 architectures are now available on most of the &os; mirror sites.

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New committer: Steven Kreuzer (ports)

 22 The &os; Project participates in the Google Summer of Code 2009 program

We are pleased to announce that Google has invited the &os; Project to participate in their Summer of Code 2009 program, which allows students to get paid to work on the &os; source code. We invite students interested in working on &os; to submit their proposals as soon as possible.

For more information please see the &os; Summer Projects page for recommended project ideas and the official announcement.

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New committer: Fabien Thomas (src)

 12 Follow FreeBSD on Twitter

There are a number of semi-official Twitter streams available now with the latest updates from the FreeBSD Project. The @freebsdannounce stream provides a short summary and link to the full newsflash posts. @freebsdblogs syndicates the FreeBSD developer blogs from Planet FreeBSD. @freebsd syndicates both of the above sources and more. Finally, the new @bsdevents stream includes all the events from our events page plus additional reminders and notices of BSD gatherings.

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New committer: Dennis Herrmann (ports)

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New committer: Marcus von Appen (ports)

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New committer: Andriy Gapon (src)

 14 KDE 4.2.0 available for FreeBSD

KDE 4.2.0 has been merged into the ports tree. For a detailed list of improvements, please refer to the announcement. For general information about KDE on FreeBSD, please see the KDE on FreeBSD project page.

 1 28 October - December, 2008 Status Reports

The October - December, 2008 Status Reports are now available with 19 entries.

New committer: Beat Gätzi (ports)

New committer: Jamie Gritton (src)

 17 FreeBSD Kernel Internals Video Posted

The first lecture from Kirk McKusick's full length FreeBSD Kernel Internals course has been posted to the BSD Conferences channel on YouTube.

 9 GNOME 2.24.2 Available for FreeBSD

The FreeBSD GNOME team is proud to announce the release of GNOME 2.24.2 for FreeBSD. More details can be found on the FreeBSD GNOME Project page.

 5 FreeBSD 7.1-RELEASE Available

FreeBSD 7.1-RELEASE is now available. Please be sure to check the Release Notes and Release Errata before installation for any late-breaking news and/or issues with 7.1. More information about FreeBSD releases can be found on the Release Information page.

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