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Hello,
I have pushed out the openafs and kdepim-runtime packages into the
6rolling repository. So you should be able to install them with yum.
openafs isn't in the comps.xml file yet, but I wanted to get it out as
soon as possible so that people could test it.
Troy
Troy J Dawson wrote:
> Hello,
> We have released the third Alpha of Scientific Linux 6.
>
> The release is at
> http://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/6rolling/
>
> DVD and Net Install downloads are at
> http://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/6rolling/i386/iso/
> http://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/6rolling/x86_64/iso/
>
> FIXED/CHANGED IN ALPHA 3:
> - SELinux - you no longer get an error about selinux during the install,
> and the default install has it turned on.
> - ntp error - We believe the ntp error was because of the selinux
> problems we were having. When we fixed selinux, the ntp error went away.
> - Package Check
> We have compared our packages with The Upstream Vendor's, and found
> several differences. We have rebuilt around 240 packages, resulting in
> around 360 binary packages that have changed.
> - revisor cleanup and documentation
> http://www.scientificlinux.org/distributions/6x/build/sites
> This currently only has the "Quick and Easy text mode" for building your
> own distribution, but expect it to grow.
>
> KNOWN ISSUES:
> Packages that haven't been built, and aren't in the release.
> ekiga
> kdepim-runtime
> perl-Sys-Virt
>
> There are no specialized pictures shown during the install. Just the
> one that you see through the whole time. We are attempting to get this
> fixed, but it isn't looking very likely.
>
> We have not put in any external repos, such as EPEL or rpmforge.
>
> CHANGES PLANNED FOR ALPHA 4 / BETA 1
>
> We are planning on SL6 Alpha 4 or BETA 1 to be released Friday January
> 7, 2011
> There might be some minor changes between now and then, but nothing major
>
> Expected Updates for Alpha 4 / Beta 1
> - We will continue to compare our packages against The Upstream Vendor's
> packages, comparing everything in them.
> - Hopefully all of the rest of the trouble rpm's will be in the release.
> - Add yum repositories (not installed by default)
> - Work on graphics and overall look.
>
> Thanks to everyone who has tested and helped thus far.
> The Scientific Linux Development Team
>
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Fermilab ComputingDivision/SCF/FEF/SLSMS Group
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