A BETA of SL 3.0.4 for x86_64 is now available for testing from

ftp://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/30rolling/iso/

See SL.releasenote for more info.  I have included a "brief" version here.
I have also attached the "Vendor releasenotes".

If you have any problems please let us know via
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-Connie Sieh
-Troy Dawson

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This is based on the rebuilding of RPMS out of SRPMS's from Enterprise 3 AS
*including Update 4

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The vendor added the following rpms as part of Update 4

        aspell-config-0.33.7.1-25.1.x86_64.rpm
        iscsi-initiator-utils-3.6.2-4.x86_64.rpm
        mailman-2.1.5-23.x86_64.rpm
        mikmod-devel-3.1.6-21.2.x86_64.rpm
        sysstat-5.0.5-5.rhel3.x86_64.rpm
        vim-X11-6.3.029-1.30E.3.x86_64.rpm
        net-snmp-libs-5.0.9-2.30E.12.x86_64.rpm
        perl-Crypt-SSLeay-0.51-4.x86_64.rpm
        alchemist-1.0.27-1.i386.rpm
        arts-1.1.3-2.3.i386.rpm
        aspell-0.33.7.1-25.1.i386.rpm
        audiofile-0.2.3-7.1.i386.rpm
        beecrypt-3.0.1-0.20030630.i386.rpm
        blas-3.0-20.i386.rpm
        bogl-0.1.9-27.i386.rpm
        bzip2-libs-1.0.2-11.i386.rpm
        Canna-libs-3.6-20.i386.rpm
        cdparanoia-libs-alpha9.8-15.i386.rpm
        compat-db-4.0.14-5.1.i386.rpm
        compat-pwdb-0.62-3.i386.rpm
        curl-7.10.6-4.2.i386.rpm
        e2fsprogs-1.32-15.1.i386.rpm
        elfutils-0.91-3.i386.rpm
        esound-0.2.28-6.i386.rpm
        fam-2.6.8-15.i386.rpm
        FreeWnn-libs-1.11-36.3.i386.rpm
        gail-1.2.2-1.i386.rpm
        GConf2-2.2.1-4.i386.rpm
        gd-1.8.4-12.3.1.i386.rpm
        gdk-pixbuf-0.22.0-11.3.3.i386.rpm
        ghostscript-7.05-32.1.9.i386.rpm
        gimp-print-4.2.4-5.1.i386.rpm
        gmp-4.1.2-5.i386.rpm
        gtk+-1.2.10-31.i386.rpm
        gtk-engines-0.12-2.0.i386.rpm
        gtkglarea-1.2.2-16.i386.rpm
        gtkhtml2-2.2.0-6.i386.rpm
        guile-1.6.4-8.30.1.i386.rpm
        hesiod-3.0.2-28.1.i386.rpm
        ImageMagick-5.5.6-7.i386.rpm
        ImageMagick-c++-5.5.6-7.i386.rpm
        imlib-1.9.13-13.4.i386.rpm
        kdebase-3.1.3-5.5.i386.rpm
        kdelibs-3.1.3-6.6.i386.rpm
        kdemultimedia-3.1.3-3.1.i386.rpm
        lapack-3.0-20.i386.rpm
        laus-libs-0.1-66RHEL3.i386.rpm
        libaio-0.3.96-5.i386.rpm
        libao-0.8.3-3.1.i386.rpm
        libdbi-0.6.5-5.i386.rpm
        libghttp-1.0.9-8.1.i386.rpm
        libglade2-2.0.1-3.i386.rpm
        libgnomecanvas-2.2.0.2-2.i386.rpm
        libgnomeprint22-2.2.1.3-5.i386.rpm
        libgnomeprintui22-2.2.1.3-2.0.i386.rpm
        libgtop2-2.0.2-3.i386.rpm
        libIDL-0.8.0-9.i386.rpm
        libmng-1.0.4-3.i386.rpm
        libogg-1.0-5.1.i386.rpm
        libpcap-0.7.2-7.E3.2.i386.rpm
        libpng10-1.0.13-15.i386.rpm
        libsoup-1.99.26-1.i386.rpm
        libtabe-0.2.6-6.EL.i386.rpm
        libtool-libs-1.4.3-6.i386.rpm
        libungif-4.1.0-15.i386.rpm
        libusb-0.1.6-3.i386.rpm
        libuser-0.51.7-1.EL3.3.i386.rpm
        libvorbis-1.0-7.i386.rpm
        libwvstreams-3.70-10.i386.rpm
        libxml-1.8.17-9.2.i386.rpm
        linc-1.0.3-1.i386.rpm
        lm_sensors-2.6.5-6.i386.rpm
        lockdev-1.0.1-1.2.i386.rpm
        mikmod-3.1.6-21.2.i386.rpm
        netpbm-9.24-11.30.1.i386.rpm
        net-snmp-libs-5.0.9-2.30E.12.i386.rpm
        newt-0.51.5-1.i386.rpm
        openh323-1.11.2-4.1E.i386.rpm
        openjade-1.3.1-12.1.i386.rpm
        ORBit-0.5.17-10.4.i386.rpm
        ORBit2-2.6.2-1.i386.rpm
        pcre-3.9-10.1.i386.rpm
        perl-5.8.0-88.9.i386.rpm
        pilot-link-0.11.7-1.1.i386.rpm
        pspell-0.12.2-16.1.i386.rpm
        pwlib-1.4.7-7.EL.i386.rpm
        qt-3.1.2-13.4.i386.rpm
        rpm-libs-4.2.3-13.i386.rpm
        sane-backends-1.0.9-5.7.i386.rpm
        scrollkeeper-0.3.11-8E.i386.rpm
        SDL-1.2.5-6.i386.rpm
        slang-1.4.5-18.i386.rpm
        startup-notification-0.5-1.i386.rpm
        tcp_wrappers-7.6-34.1.i386.rpm
        unixODBC-2.2.8-2.3.0.2.i386.rpm
        unixODBC-kde-2.2.8-2.3.0.2.i386.rpm
        utempter-0.5.5-1.3EL.0.i386.rpm
        VFlib2-2.25.6-17.i386.rpm
        vte-0.11.10-11.i386.rpm
        w3c-libwww-5.4.0-5.i386.rpm
        Xaw3d-1.5-18.i386.rpm
        bind-libs-9.2.4-5_EL3.i386.rpm
        gphoto2-2.1.0-7.1.i386.rpm
        gsl-1.1.1-5.i386.rpm
        gstreamer-0.6.0-5f1.i386.rpm
        gtk2-2.2.4-12.i386.rpm
        krb5-libs-1.2.7-31.i386.rpm
        libraw1394-0.9.0-10.RHEL3.i386.rpm
        libxml2-2.5.10-7.i386.rpm
        libxslt-1.0.33-5.i386.rpm
        pam-0.75-62.i386.rpm
        pam-devel-0.75-62.i386.rpm
        pango-1.2.5-5.i386.rpm
        popt-1.8.2-13.i386.rpm
        redhat-lsb-1.3-3.1.EL3.i386.rpm
        rh-postgresql-libs-7.3.8-2.i386.rpm
        ruby-libs-1.6.8-9.EL3.3.i386.rpm
        gsl-1.1.1-5.x86_64.rpm
        gsl-devel-1.1.1-5.x86_64.rpm
        gcc-gnat-3.2.3-49.x86_64.rpm
        libgnat-3.2.3-49.x86_64.rpm
        linuxwacom-0.6.4-7.x86_64.rpm
        linuxwacom-devel-0.6.4-7.x86_64.rpm
        libgcc-3.2.3-49.i386.rpm
        libgcj-3.2.3-49.i386.rpm
        libobjc-3.2.3-49.i386.rpm
        libstdc++-3.2.3-49.i386.rpm
        libf2c-3.2.3-49.i386.rpm
        libgnat-3.2.3-49.i386.rpm
        cyrus-sasl-gssapi-2.1.15-10.i386.rpm
        cyrus-sasl-md5-2.1.15-10.i386.rpm
        cyrus-sasl-plain-2.1.15-10.i386.rpm
        gdb-6.1post-1.20040607.52.i386.rpm
        redhat-artwork-0.73.2-1.SL.i386.rpm

SL_rpm_show_arch-1.0-1.noarch.rpm

       Adds arch to "rpm -qa" listing.

dhcp
        This problem is reported fixed in the following rpms.

        dhclient-3.0.1-10_EL3.x86_64.rpm
        dhcp-3.0.1-10_EL3.x86_64.rpm

 Fixes a problem with the drift file for ntp not being in the right
 place.

        dhcp-3.0pl2-6.16.x86_64.rpm             From Fedora core 1
        dhclient-3.0pl2-6.16.x86_64.rpm         From Fedora core 1

KERNEL

        Latest errata kernel  2.4.21-27.0.1 .

        Note the "unsupported" kernel rpms are now installed by default.
        These rpms contain kernel modules that are not in the
        "default kernel rpms".  There are no conflicts with doing this.
        These kernel modules are installed in their own area.

*Updated (contains all of Update 1 and Update 2 and Update 3 and Update 4)

See full SL.releasenote for details