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 . ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- THIS IS NOT FOR PRODUCTION. This is for testing. Please report back any issues to [log in to unmask] . 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- DOWNLOAD INFO ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CHANGES WE MADE SINCE PREVIOUS RELEASE ITEMS MARKED with a ** are changes since last ALPHA/BETA ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- *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. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- RPMS ADDED IN THIS RELEASE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- MAJOR CHANGES TUV MADE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- POSSIBLE UPGRADE PROBLEMS ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/