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Hello,
We have released the fifth 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/

***CHANGED SINCE ALPHA 4***

*External Repo's added*
adobe, atrpms, elrepo, epel, rpmforge
you can add these repositories via yum
   "yum install yum-conf-adobe"
which will install the corresponding setup rpm from that repository (in 
this case adobe-release-i386) or just install the corresponding setup 
rpm via yum
   "yum install adobe-release-i386"

*Updates split into Security and Fastbugs*
We were trying to lump all updates, (security, bugs and enhancements) 
into one repository called updates.  There was going to be a fancy way 
so that people would only get security updates automatically and not 
everything, unless you wanted it.
In the end, simple is better than complex, so we separated the two. 
There is now updates/security and updates/fastbugs like it was in SL5.
For those who already have previous alpha's installed, we made sure your 
yum updates will work until you have updated.

*Packages Added*
- perl-Sys-Virt - not really added, but it finally built and was put in.

*OpenAFS fix - sorta*
If you had selinux turned on, then AFS wouldn't turn on unless you ran
   /sbin/restorecon /afs
This was put into a trigger script so that it got ran when you install 
openafs.  This fixes the problem if you install openafs by hand, but it 
doesn't fit it if you install it when you install your machine.


***KNOWN ISSUES***
If you install openafs during the install, you do not get the firstboot
screen that asks you which cell you want.

If you install openafs during the install, and you keep selinux turned 
on, you have to run "/sbin/restorecon /afs" before starting afs for the 
first time.

If you are on a x86_64 machine, install the adobe repo, and install 
flash-plugin and/or AdobeReader_enu, you will get AdobeReader_<random 
language> in addition to what you asked for.

***CHANGES PLANNED FOR ALPHA 6 / BETA 1***

We are planning on SL6 Alpha 6 or BETA 1 to be released Friday January
21, 2011

Expected Updates for Alpha 5 / Beta 1
- We will continue to compare our packages against The Upstream Vendor's
packages, comparing everything in them.  We still have about 30 packages
left.  We are going to try to finish this this week.  If we get this 
done, the next release will be a beta.
- Finishing touches on graphics and overall look.
- get openafs firstboot to run correctly.  This is going to involve a 
total rewrite, so will take longer than we expected.

Thanks to everyone who has tested and helped thus far.
The Scientific Linux Development Team

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