Scientific Linux 6.5 BETA 1 i386/x86_64              Dec 6, 2013

These are notes of the "Alpha/Beta" releases for Scientific Linux 6.5 .

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THIS IS NOT FOR PRODUCTION.

This is for testing.  Please report back any issues to
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There should be no expectation that a "yum" upgrade to SL 6.5 will work.
A new install is the recommended method to move from
"sl6rolling"(this alpha/beta release) and the released "SL 6.5".

Items marked with * are changes from the last release
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DOWNLOAD INFO
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Network Install Images:

http://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/6rolling/i386/os/images/boot.iso
http://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/6rolling/x86_64/os/images/boot.iso

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CHANGES WE MADE SINCE PREVIOUS RELEASE
ITEMS MARKED with a ** are changes since last ALPHA/BETA
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*sl-release-6.5-0.rolling
-    Updated to point at rolling

*OpenAFS
-    OpenAFS has been updated to version 1.6.5.1 from openafs.org

-    This package may have some issues.  Please note there is a
      possibility for system panic under certain conditions.
      Packages that resolve this issue will be issued to correct
      the error at a later date.  Our exact strategy for resolving
      this issue is still under investigation.

      See: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1038315

-    The way in which OpenAFS is packaged has changed between SL6.3
      and SL6.4 it continues in SL 6.5.

*alpine-2.10-3
-    updated to more recent version (from Fedora)

**yum-autoupdate-2-6.2
-    Bug fixes for extra, useless reporting
-    Bug fixes for ERRORSONLY reporting
-    Added option to pass --skip-broken to yum update

** A number of packages from the ALPHA were re-build due
     to build errors and functionality problems.

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RPMS ADDED IN THIS RELEASE
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MAJOR CHANGES TUV MADE
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POSSIBLE UPGRADE PROBLEMS
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OpenAFS users, please note there is a possibility for system panic
under certain conditions.  Packages that resolve this issue will be
issued to correct the error at a later date.  Our exact strategy
for resolving this issue is still under investigation.

See: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1038315

-- 
Pat Riehecky

Scientific Linux developer
http://www.scientificlinux.org/