On Fri, 13 Feb 2009, Connie Sieh wrote: > 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 DVD iso images for i386 are now available from ftp: //ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/5rolling/iso/i386 -Connie Sieh > > -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. >> >> >