Announcing Fedora 7 Test 2 (6.91)

[Gerry Tool]

It uses Firefox 2.0.0.2

On 3/1/07, Arch Willingham <arch at tuparks.com> wrote:
>
> Any idea which version of Firefox this will use?
>
> Before someone burns me a new one for asking, before I asked this, I
> clicked on about half the links on the feature list page (
> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/7) and did not see the answer to my
> question. The site that hosts the link is running very slowly right now or I
> would have clicked all the links.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Arch
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: fedora-test-list-bounces at redhat.com
> [mailto:fedora-test-list-bounces at redhat.com]On Behalf Of Jesse Keating
> Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2007 11:12 AM
> To: fedora-test-list at redhat.com; fedora-devel-list at redhat.com;
> fedora-announce-list at redhat.com; fedora-list at redhat.com
> Subject: Announcing Fedora 7 Test 2 (6.91)
>
>
> Welcome to Fedora 7 Test 2
>
> I am please to announce the second test release for Fedora 7.
>
> Downloads
> ========
> DVD and network installation are available.
> Please read the Important Warnings below in this announcement for more
> details.
>
> http://torrent.fedoraproject.org/
> The recommended method of download is via BitTorrent from this site.
>
> http://fedora.redhat.com/Download/mirrors.html
> HTTP, FTP, and RSYNC downloads are available from Fedora Project mirrors
> listed above.  Note that not all mirrors may be synced at this time.
>
> ***Important Warnings about the Test Release***
>
> Problems with mkinitrd
> ========
> This test release has an rpm ordering issue that seems to affect some
> people
> with regard to mkinitrd being installed correctly.  If your install seems
> to
> stall at installing the kernel and never continues, please try the updates
> image http://people.redhat.com/~katzj/updates-f7t2.img. Refer to
> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Anaconda/Updates for more information on
> using
> updates images.
>
> Upgrading with PATA Hard Disks
> ========
> If you are using PATA (parallel or "original" style ATA) hard disks and
> you
> attempt to do a manual yum upgrade to this release, you may be unable to
> boot
> your system when finished. To avoid this problem, use the installer
> program
> (Anaconda) to upgrade your system instead of using yum.
>
>
>
> New in Fedora 7 Test 2
> ========
> This test release includes significant new versions of many key components
> and
> technologies. The following sections provide a brief overview of major
> changes from the last release of Fedora.
>
> Merger of Core and Extras
> ========
>     * The Fedora Core and Extras software repositories are being merged,
> resulting in a shared infrastructure and a single repository of packages
> to
> which everyone is invited to contribute.
>
>     * Fedora 7 Test 2 is packaged initially as a Desktop/Development
> Workstation/Server implementation, called "Prime".  This spin is delivered
> in
> DVD iso format only as a trial, see
>
> https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-devel-list/2007-February/msg00993.html
> for the discussion on this.
>
>     * Many more packages are available in the development repositories.
>
>     * Three targetted spins are now under discussion: Fedora Prime, Fedora
> KDE, and Fedora Everything. See
> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/FeatureFedoraTargettedSpins for
> more
> details.
>
> Live CD
> ========
>     * This test release includes an i386 ISO for a Desktop Live CD. This
> Live
> CD features the ability to install to a hard disk using the same graphical
> Anaconda installer as the non-live CD variant.
>
> Desktop
> ========
>     * This test release features GNOME 2.17.91.
>
>     * A brand new Echo icon theme is included as the default in this
> release.
> This icon theme is incomplete, but with appropriate feedback and progress,
> may become the default in the general release.
>
>     * KDE and Xfce, among several other packages, are included in the
> development repositories, but not on the media. They can be installed
> using
> the appropriate software management tools.
>
>     * Fast User Switching is now available via the
> fast-user-switch-applet.
> See http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/FeatureFastUserSwitching for
> more
> details.
>
> Performance
> ========
>     * System performance is generally slower in the test releases as
> compared
> to the general release since we enable several options that help with
> debugging.
>
> System Administration
> ========
>     * System administration tools may be modified under the testing
> process.
>
> System Level Changes
> ========
>     * Fedora 7 Test 2 features a 2.6.21rc1 based kernel. Current release
> information is being tracked on the kernel release notes source page.
> (http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Docs/Beats/Kernel)
>
> Amanda
>
> Users who upgrade from older releases need to read the amanda.conf and
> amanda-client.conf man pages to learn about the the new syntax for calling
> amandad, as well as edit the /etc/xinetd.d/amanda configuration file to
> follow the new syntax.
>
> Road Map And Release Schedule
> ========
>     * http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/7/
>
> Intended Audience for Test Releases
> ========
> Test 1 is targeted for developers, who use it "at their own risk", and
> contains many bleeding edge packages.
>
> Test 2 is for early adopters. Most things should work and we need to your
> help
> to find what is broken.
>
> Test 3 is for early adopters. Most things should work and we need to your
> help
> to find what is broken.
>
> Test 4 is for beta users. This is the time when we must have full
> community
> participation. Without this participation both hardware and software
> functionality suffers.
>
> Quality Assurance for Test Releases
> ========
> The Fedora Project has a process in place for ensuring the highest
> possible
> quality even in our test releases. Many bugs are identified, prioritized
> and
> fixed during the testing process. We also have a list of known bugs in
> this
> release. Refer to http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA/7/Test2TreeTesting for
> more details.
>
> Translations of Release Notes
> ========
> Due to the rapidly changing nature of test releases, translations of
> release
> notes for test releases are not practical. The initial goal is to have a
> translation of the release notes included in the test4 release and to
> allow
> community review and correction before the general release. As always, the
> general release is translated following the established practices for
> localization (l10n) and internationalization (i18n)
> (http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/L10N), which result in comprehensive,
> high-quality release notes in a variety of languages.
>
> About Fedora
> ========
> Fedora is a set of projects sponsored by Red Hat and guided by the
> contributors. These projects are developed by a large community of people
> who
> strive to provide and maintain the very best in free, open source software
> and standards. The central Fedora project is an operating system and
> platform
> based on Linux that is always free for anyone to use, modify, and
> distribute,
> now and forever.
>
> You can help the Fedora Project community continue to improve Fedora if
> you
> file bug reports and enhancement requests. Refer to
> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/BugsAndFeatureRequests for more information.
> Thank you for your participation.
>
> To find out more general information about Fedora, refer to the following
> Web
> pages:
>
>     * Fedora Overview (http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Overview)
>     * Fedora FAQ (http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FAQ)
>     * Help and Support (http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate)
>     * Participate in the Fedora Project
> (http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/HelpWanted)
>
> --
> Jesse Keating
> Release Engineer: Fedora
>
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