Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2002 07:30:00 -0700
+ From: "Murray Stokely" <murray@FreeBSD.org>
+ To: freebsd-announce@FreeBSD.org
+ Subject: FreeBSD 4.7-RELEASE is now available
I am happy to announce the availability of FreeBSD 4.7-RELEASE, the + latest release of the FreeBSD -STABLE development branch. Since + FreeBSD 4.6-RELEASE in June 2002, we have updated a number of + software programs in the base system, such as GCC and sendmail. + Several new drivers have been added for USB devices and disk + controllers. We have also incorporated updates for XFree86 and our + Linux emulation libraries.
+ +FreeBSD 4.7 also incorporates all of the security and bug fixes + from 4.6.2 (released in August 2002), including several ATA-related + bugfixes, updates for OpenSSL and OpenSSH, and fixes to address + several security advisories.
+ +For a complete list of new features and known problems, please see + the release notes and errata list, available here:
+ +http://www.FreeBSD.org/releases/4.7R/relnotes.html
+http://www.FreeBSD.org/releases/4.7R/errata.html
+ +For more information about FreeBSD release engineering activities + (including information about the upcoming FreeBSD 5.0), please + see:
+ +http://www.FreeBSD.org/releng/
+ +FreeBSD 4.7-RELEASE supports the i386 and alpha architectures and + can be installed directly over the net using the boot floppies or + copied to a local NFS/FTP server. Distributions for the i386 are + available now. As of this writing, the final builds for the alpha + architecture are in progress and will be made available shortly.
+ +We can't promise that all the mirror sites will carry the larger + ISO images, but they will at least be available from:
+ +If you can't afford FreeBSD on media, are impatient, or just want + to use it for evangelism purposes, then by all means download the + ISO images, otherwise please continue to support the FreeBSD Project + by purchasing media from one of our supporting vendors. The + following companies have contributed substantially to the + development of FreeBSD:
+ +| FreeBSD Mall, Inc. | +http://www.freebsdmall.com/ | +
| Daemon News | +http://www.bsdmall.com/freebsd1.html | +
Each CD or DVD set contains the FreeBSD installation and + application package bits for the i386 ("PC") architecture. For a set + of distfiles used to build ports in the ports collection, please see + the FreeBSD Toolkit, a 6 CD set containing extra bits which no + longer fit on the 4 CD set, or the DVD distribution.
+ +FreeBSD is also available via anonymous FTP from mirror sites in + the following countries: Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Bulgaria, + Canada, China, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, + Germany, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Japan, Korea, + Lithuania, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland, Portugal, Romania, + Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, + Spain, Sweden, Taiwan, Thailand, Ukraine, and the United + Kingdom.
+ +Before trying the central FTP site, please check your regional + mirror(s) first by going to:
+ +ftp://ftp.<yourdomain>.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD
+ +Any additional mirror sites will be labeled ftp2, ftp3 and so + on.
+ +More information about FreeBSD mirror sites can be found at:
+ +http://www.FreeBSD.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/mirrors-ftp.html
+ +For instructions on installing FreeBSD, please see Chapter 2 of The + FreeBSD Handbook. It provides a complete installation walk-through + for users new to FreeBSD, and can be found online at:
+ +http://www.FreeBSD.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/install.html
+ +Many companies donated equipment, network access, or man-hours to + finance the release engineering activities for FreeBSD 4.7 including + The FreeBSD Mall, Compaq, Yahoo!, Sentex Communications, and + NTT/Verio.
+ +In addition to myself, the release engineering team for + 4.7-RELEASE includes:
+ +| Bruce Mah <bmah@FreeBSD.org> | +Release Engineering, Documentation | +
| Robert Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.org> | +Release Engineering, Security | +
| John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> | +Release Engineering, alpha Builds | +
| Brian Somers <brian@FreeBSD.org> | +Release Engineering | +
| Steve Price <steve@FreeBSD.org> | +Package Splits | +
| Will Andrews <will@FreeBSD.org> | +Package Splits | +
| Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.org> | +Package Building | +
Please join me in thanking them for all the hard work which went + into making this release. Many thanks are also due to the FreeBSD + committers (committers@FreeBSD.org), without whom there would be + nothing to release, and thousands of FreeBSD users world-wide who + have contributed bug fixes, features, and suggestions.
+ +Enjoy!
+ +Murray Stokely
+(For the FreeBSD Release Engineering Team)