Michael,

On Thu, 17 Feb 2005, Michael Mansour wrote:

> Hi Troy,
> 
> Well, as you said below RHEL 4 has been released. It's available for download 
> now on RHN.

Having it released on RHN is of no good.  We need the SRPMS released via 
public ftp which has now happened.  Rebuilding in progress.

-Connie Sieh

> 
> Michael.
> 
> > Hi Michael,
> > There has been no 'official' word from RedHat, there never is.  But 
> > the word in all the news reports is that they will release it at 
> > LinuxWorld, which is February 14-17.  So it looks like there might 
> > be a Valentines Day release.  (I know that's just what my wife 
> > wanted :) )
> > 
> > When will the S.L. 4.x first beta/alpha release be?
> > 
> > That depends on a couple of factors.
> > The most important is 'When will RedHat release their source?'  If 
> > they are consistent, and release their source code the day they 
> > release their product.  Then our guess is better. The second is 'Are 
> > there any hidden critical gotcha's in their source code?'  Now we 
> > know there is always some hidden gotcha's with each redhat release,
> >  this includes their updates.  The question is are there any 
> > critical gotcha's.  Something that makes it impossible to release. 
> > If there aren't any, then our guess is even better.
> > 
> > So the guess we've said once at Hepix, and we believe this is still true
> > **  2 weeks after RedHat releases 4 and it's source.  **
> > It might be earlier, it might be later, but ruffly 2 weeks.
> > 
> > Now this will be an alpha release.  Basically it will just be a 
> > recompile, with all the legal issues taken care of.  (RedHat's name, 
> > graphics, trademarks, etc... removed or left in depending on the 
> > license for the product).  If there ARE any 'gotchas' those gotchas 
> > may not be included. But we want to get it out so it can be tested.
> > 
> > Troy Dawson
> > 
> > Michael Mansour wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > > 
> > > I'm not sure of the release schedule for RHEL4/SL4 so thought I'd just 
> quickly 
> > > ask here. Does anyone know when RHEL4 will be released? and then following 
> > > that, when would SL4 be released?
> > > 
> > > Thanks.
> > > 
> > > Michael.
> > > 
> > >
> > 
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