On Thu, 12 Feb 2009, Troy Dawson wrote: > February 12, 2009 > The secpmd beta release for Scientific Linux 5.3 i386 has been released > for both i386 and x86_64. > > We do not have CD or DVD images, but we will hopefully have them soon. CD iso images for i386 are now available from ftp: //ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/5rolling/iso/i386 -Connie Sieh > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- > DOWNLOAD INFO > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > ftp: //ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/5rolling/i386 > ftp: //ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/5rolling/x86_64 > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- > CHANGES by Scientific Linux > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- > **ALPINE > ** Updated to the latest version > ** Our version of alpine 2.00 has the following changes compared to > ** our 1.0 version > ** An /etc/alpine/pine.conf.sample file is installed, no longer > ** overwriting an existing pine.conf Therefore an existing pine.conf > ** in /etc/alpine will be left untouched even after the upgrade. For > ** an installation from scratch it is advantageous to copy the sample > ** conf file to pine.conf, but alpine works also without it. > ** Users are now able to use a .alpine.passfile > i386: > ** alpine-2.00-1.el5.i386.rpm > x86_64: > ** alpine-2.00-1.el5.x86_64.rpm > > **AUFS > ** Aufs is a stackable unification filesystem such as Unionfs, > ** which unifies several directories and provides a merged single > ** directory. Aufs is an entirely re-designed and re-implemented > ** Unionfs. > i386: > **aufs-0.20090202.cvs-6.sl5.i686.rpm > **kernel-module-aufs-2.6.18-128.1.1.el5-0.20090202.cvs-6.sl5.i686.rpm > **kernel-module-aufs-2.6.18-128.1.1.el5PAE-0.20090202.cvs-6.sl5.i686.rpm > **kernel-module-aufs-2.6.18-128.1.1.el5xen-0.20090202.cvs-6.sl5.i686.rpm > x86_64: > **aufs-0.20090202.cvs-6.sl5.x86_64.rpm > **kernel-module-aufs-2.6.18-128.1.1.el5-0.20090202.cvs-6.sl5.x86_64.rpm > **kernel-module-aufs-2.6.18-128.1.1.el5xen-0.20090202.cvs-6.sl5.x86_64.rpm > **kernel-module-fuse-2.6.18-128.1.1.el5-2.6.3-1.sl5.x86_64.rpm > **kernel-module-fuse-2.6.18-128.1.1.el5xen-2.6.3-1.sl5.x86_64.rpm > > **ICEWM > ** Updated to latest version > ** Added OpenOffice to the menu and toolbar > i386: > ** icewm-1.2.37-1.i386.rpm > ** icewm-l10n-1.2.37-1.i386.rpm > x86_64: ** icewm-1.2.37-1.x86_64.rpm > ** icewm-l10n-1.2.37-1.x86_64.rpm > > **INTEL wireless firmware (ucode) > ** Added iwlwifi-3945-ucode (firmware) > ** With the new driver in the kernel, and this new firmware, > ** the old ipw3945 daemon and firmware are not needed. > ** Updated iwlwifi-4965-ucode (firmware) > ** Added iwlwifi-5000-ucode (firmware) > ** These packages contains all releases of the firmware up > ** to the version stated. > ** > ** iwlwifi-3945-ucode-15.28.2.8-1.el5.noarch.rpm > ** iwlwifi-4965-ucode-228.57.2.23-7.el5.noarch.rpm > ** iwlwifi-5000-ucode-5.4.A.11-1.el5.noarch.rpm > > **NUMPY > ** numpy updated to latest version to correspond with scipy > i386: > ** numpy-1.2.1-1.i386.rpm > x86_64: > ** numpy-1.2.1-1.x86_64.rpm > > **INSTALLER (anaconda) > ** Removed code to verify that timezone is correct in kickstart > ** as it had bugs > i386: > ** anaconda-11.1.2.168-2.SL.i386.rpm > ** anaconda-runtime-11.1.2.168-2.SL.i386.rpm > x86_64: > ** anaconda-11.1.2.168-2.SL.x86_64.rpm > ** anaconda-runtime-11.1.2.168-2.SL.x86_64.rpm > > > **PYTHON-VIRTINST > ** python-virtinst would understand a plain Scientific Linux install, > ** but it didn't understand sites. We have added a patch to allow it > ** to understand and install paravirtualized SL Sites. > ** > ** python-virtinst-0.300.2-12.sl.1.noarch.rpm > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- > comps.xml changes > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- > comps.xml > > BASE > Added: iwlwifi-3945-ucode - default, iwlwifi-5000-ucode - default > Removed: ipw3945-firmware > > IPW3945 > Whole group removed > > Note: The ipw3945 packages were not removed from the release. They were > only taken out of the comps.xml to avoid confusion during installation. > >