Michael,

On Thu, 9 Sep 2004, Michael Hannon wrote:

> csieh wrote:
>
> > Scientific Linux (SL) Release  30rolling        September 8, 2004
> >
> > Please send bug reports to the bug tracker that is at
> >
> >         http://www.scientificlinux.org
> >
> > and suggestions to
> >
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> >
> > This is the first test release based on Update 3.  Please test and let us know
> > what to fix.  We are starting with i386 as it is the most commonly used arch.
> > The other arches will follow shortly.
> >
> > There is a new web page for Scientific Linux.  It is a Plone content management
> > system.  More info on this soon.  Have a look around.
> >
> >      http://www.scientificlinux.org
> >
> > Download location is
> >
> >     ftp://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/30rolling/
> .
> .
> .
>
> I took a look at:
>
> ftp://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/30rolling/i386/RELEASE-NOTES.html
>
> and saw:
>
> -----
> Scientific Linux (SL) 3.0.3
>
> June 28, 2004
>
> MISC NOTES
>
> Upgrades from prior versions.
>
> UPDATES are NOT supported for all versions of SL . This is NOT something
> that we changed.
>
> UPDATES will NOT work from anything except RedHat AS 2.1.
> .
> .
> .
> -----
>
> I am confused by this.  It DOES explicitly mention SL 3.0.3, but the
> date is suspect, for one thing.  Was 303 really available in June?  And
> can it really be true that we can't update from 302, but only from RHEL 2.1?
>
> Can you clarify?
>
> Thanks.
>
>                                       - Mike
>
The file RELEASE-NOTES.html is seen by all SL sites during the install,
which is the only time it is used.  It contains issues which are generic
in nature.  The real release notes are part of sl-release.  I will also
put them in SL.documentation/ which is where the other Update release
notes are.  Thanks for pointing this out.

-Connie Sieh