Author: randy
Date: 2008-05-12 06:59:11 -0600 (Mon, 12 May 2008)
New Revision: 7457
Modified:
branches/6.3/BOOK/book/bookinfo.xml
branches/6.3/BOOK/book/foreword.xml
branches/6.3/BOOK/general.ent
branches/6.3/BOOK/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
branches/6.3/BOOK/introduction/welcome/credits.xml
branches/6.3/BOOK/introduction/welcome/version.xml
Log:
Updated the 6.3 branch with the necessary changes for the rc1 release
Modified: branches/6.3/BOOK/book/bookinfo.xml
===================================================================
--- branches/6.3/BOOK/book/bookinfo.xml 2008-05-12 12:57:24 UTC (rev 7456)
+++ branches/6.3/BOOK/book/bookinfo.xml 2008-05-12 12:59:11 UTC (rev 7457)
@@ -42,9 +42,9 @@
<revhistory>
<revision>
- <revnumber>&version;</revnumber>
- <date>&pubdate;</date>
- <revremark>Development Release</revremark>
+ <revnumber>6.3-rc1</revnumber>
+ <date>2008-05-12</date>
+ <revremark>Seventh release</revremark>
</revision>
<revision>
Modified: branches/6.3/BOOK/book/foreword.xml
===================================================================
--- branches/6.3/BOOK/book/foreword.xml 2008-05-12 12:57:24 UTC (rev 7456)
+++ branches/6.3/BOOK/book/foreword.xml 2008-05-12 12:59:11 UTC (rev 7457)
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
<date>$Date$</date>
</sect1info>
- <title>Foreword to Version 6.2.0</title>
+ <title>Foreword</title>
<!--
<para>Version 6.0 is a major milestone in the evolution of BLFS. This
@@ -77,46 +77,39 @@
</blockquote>
-->
- <para>Version 6.2.0 is the complement to the LFS 6.2 book. More time has
- elapsed between the release of the previous version (6.1) and this one than
- in any other release cycle. Much of this is due to the fact that LFS 6.2
- took much longer to be released than was originally anticipated. Many new
- packages have been introduced in the 6.2.0 version, as well as many
- updates, refinements and additions to the existing packages.</para>
+ <para>BLFS version 6.3 is the complement to the LFS 6.3 book. It has been
+ 15 months since the last release of BLFS and almost nine months since LFS-6.3
+ was released. Though we would like to release BLFS versions as quickly as
+ possible after an LFS release, this version lagged a bit due to Editor
+ inactivity. However, early on in 2008 several new Editors were brought on
+ board which helped stimulate a flurry of activity. Many new packages have
+ been introduced in the 6.3 version, as well as many updates, refinements and
+ additions to the existing packages.</para>
<para>The BLFS book now provides build and configuration instructions for
- almost 400 packages. Some of the new packages introduced in this version are:
- autotooled XOrg, HAL, D-BUS, GStreamer (now broken out into separate plugin
- packages), usbutils, libquicktime, GraphViz, K3b, dvd+rw-tools, NSS, Libidn,
- GAIM, Poppler, SeaMonkey, XChat, Audacious, cairo and unixODBC. Major updates
- include GNOME-2.14.3 (with several new GNOME packages such as Totem,
- gnome-mount and gnome-volume-manager), KDE-3.5.6, Firefox-1.5.x,
- Thunderbird-1.5.x, and most of the mainline server packages. As always, the
- list of packages that have been upgraded or added as well as configuration
- and build command changes are annotated in the
- <xref linkend="changelog"/>.</para>
+ over 500 packages (many more than that if you want to count each individual
+ package in the autotooled X Window instructions. Some of the new packages
+ introduced in this version are:
+ Dash, ksh, D-Bus bindings, Wireshark (formerly named Ethereal), rxvt-unicode,
+ Gutenprint (formerly name Gimp-Print), Pidgin (formerly name Gaim), GnuTLS
+ (and many of its dependencies), Qt version 4.x, GnuPG version 2.x, and
+ Amarok. Major updates include GNOME-2.18.3 (with several new GNOME packages),
+ KDE-3.5.9, Firefox-2.x, Thunderbird-2.x, and most (if not all) of the
+ mainline server packages. As always, the list of packages that have been
+ upgraded or added as well as configuration and build command changes are
+ annotated in the <xref linkend="changelog"/>.</para>
- <para>Unfortunately, BLFS activity was semi-stagnant for several months
- after (and shortly before) the LFS 6.2 release. Therefore, many of the
- packages are somewhat dated (compared to previous BLFS versions). This
- brings us to why the versioning scheme has changed. This release is 6.2.0
- as we fully anticipate releasing another version (6.2.1) just as soon as
- possible. The 6.2.1 release will also be based on the LFS-6.2 book, but
- will include updated packages, and fixes for any errors which may be
- discovered in 6.2.0.</para>
-
<para>As always, the main thrust of BLFS development will be to support
- the changes in the current LFS development book, but any changes or
- updates to the BLFS development book (that are compatible with LFS 6.2)
- will also be merged into the BLFS 6.2 branch. This way, a 6.2.1 version
- of BLFS should be released fairly soon, and should provide a very current
- and stable Linux platform.</para>
+ the changes in the current LFS development book, but we're releasing this
+ version of BLFS so that builders of the stable LFS book can continue on
+ into BLFS with known good instructions that should be 100% compatible to
+ provide a semi current and very stable Linux platform.</para>
<para>Enjoy!</para>
<blockquote>
<literallayout>Randy McMurchy
-January 31, 2007</literallayout>
+May 11th, 2008</literallayout>
</blockquote>
</sect1>
Modified: branches/6.3/BOOK/general.ent
===================================================================
--- branches/6.3/BOOK/general.ent 2008-05-12 12:57:24 UTC (rev 7456)
+++ branches/6.3/BOOK/general.ent 2008-05-12 12:59:11 UTC (rev 7457)
@@ -6,11 +6,11 @@
<!ENTITY day "12"> <!-- Always 2 digits -->
<!ENTITY month "05"> <!-- Always 2 digits -->
<!ENTITY year "2008">
-<!ENTITY version "svn-&year;&month;&day;">
+<!ENTITY version "6.3-rc1">
<!ENTITY releasedate "May &day;th, &year;">
<!ENTITY pubdate "&year;-&month;-&day;"> <!-- metadata req. by TLDP -->
-<!ENTITY blfs-version "svn"> <!-- svn|[release #] -->
-<!ENTITY lfs-version "development"> <!--
version|testing|unstable|development] -->
+<!ENTITY blfs-version "6.3-rc1"> <!-- svn|[release #] -->
+<!ENTITY lfs-version "6.3"> <!--
version|testing|unstable|development] -->
<!ENTITY last-commit "$Date$"> <!-- Automatic update -->
<!ENTITY lfs-domainname "linuxfromscratch.org">
@@ -19,13 +19,13 @@
<!ENTITY maintainer-firstname "Randy">
<!ENTITY maintainer-address "randy@&lfs-domainname;">
-<!ENTITY downloads-root
"http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/downloads/svn";>
+<!ENTITY downloads-root
"http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/downloads/6.3";>
<!ENTITY downloads-project "http://downloads.&lfs-domainname;";>
-<!ENTITY sources-anduin-http
"http://anduin.&lfs-domainname;/sources/BLFS/svn";>
-<!ENTITY sources-anduin-ftp "ftp://anduin.&lfs-domainname;/BLFS/svn";>
-<!ENTITY files-anduin "http://anduin.&lfs-domainname;/files/BLFS/svn";>
+<!ENTITY sources-anduin-http
"http://anduin.&lfs-domainname;/sources/BLFS/6.3";>
+<!ENTITY sources-anduin-ftp "ftp://anduin.&lfs-domainname;/BLFS/6.3";>
+<!ENTITY files-anduin "http://anduin.&lfs-domainname;/files/BLFS/6.3";>
<!ENTITY hints-root "http://www.&lfs-domainname;/hints";>
-<!ENTITY patch-root "http://www.&lfs-domainname;/patches/blfs/svn";>
+<!ENTITY patch-root "http://www.&lfs-domainname;/patches/blfs/6.3";>
<!ENTITY errata
"http://www.&lfs-domainname;/blfs/errata/&blfs-version;/";>
<!-- <!ENTITY lfs-root
"http://www.&lfs-domainname;/lfs/view/&lfs-version;";> -->
<!ENTITY lfs-root "../../../../lfs/view/&lfs-version;">
Modified: branches/6.3/BOOK/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
===================================================================
--- branches/6.3/BOOK/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml 2008-05-12
12:57:24 UTC (rev 7456)
+++ branches/6.3/BOOK/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml 2008-05-12
12:59:11 UTC (rev 7457)
@@ -45,6 +45,9 @@
<para>May 12th, 2008</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
+ <para>[randy] - Released BLFS-6.3-rc1.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
<para>[dj] - Removed JDK source installation instructions
because of unavailable security patches.</para>
</listitem>
@@ -1669,13 +1672,13 @@
<para>July 30th, 2007</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
- <para>[ag] - Removed the extra-prompt.sh script. Avoid to export
- the PS1 variable, and modified it. Thanks to David Jensen for the
+ <para>[ag] - Removed the extra-prompt.sh script and avoid exporting
+ the PS1 variable. Thanks to David Jensen for the
suggestions and to Craig Jackson for the report.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
- <para>[ag] - Added a warning in mutt instructions, about linking mutt
- against GnuTLS.</para>
+ <para>[ag] - Added a warning in the mutt instructions about linking
+ mutt against GnuTLS.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>[ag] - Added a consolidated patch to vim instructions, with
Modified: branches/6.3/BOOK/introduction/welcome/credits.xml
===================================================================
--- branches/6.3/BOOK/introduction/welcome/credits.xml 2008-05-12 12:57:24 UTC
(rev 7456)
+++ branches/6.3/BOOK/introduction/welcome/credits.xml 2008-05-12 12:59:11 UTC
(rev 7457)
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@
</listitem>
<listitem>
- <para>Fetchmail and WvDial:
+ <para>Fetchmail:<!-- and WvDial: -->
<emphasis>Paul Campbell</emphasis></para>
</listitem>
@@ -264,8 +264,8 @@
<listitem>
<para>Archive::Zip, cracklib, JDK6, ksh, libdrm, libpcap, Mesa,
- <!-- ncpfs, -->
- netfs, OpenOffice-2, pppd (update), RP-PPPoE, Samba-3, Subversion,
+ <!-- ncpfs, --> <!-- RP-PPPoE, -->
+ netfs, OpenOffice-2, PPP (update), Samba-3, Subversion,
Xorg-7 and xterm:
<emphasis>DJ Lucas</emphasis></para>
</listitem>
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@
</listitem>
<listitem>
- <para>Gutenprint (originally was Gimp-Print), libusb, FAAC, FAAD2
+ <para>Gutenprint (originally named Gimp-Print), libusb, FAAC, FAAD2
and TIN:
<emphasis>Alexander E. Patrakov</emphasis></para>
</listitem>
@@ -335,7 +335,7 @@
<listitem>
<para>fontconfig, gcc, <!--jdk,--> seamonkey, nas, openoffice, ispell,
- mailx, ImageMagick, hd2u, tcl, tk and bind-utils:
+ mailx (formerly named Nail), ImageMagick, hd2u, tcl, tk and bind-utils:
<emphasis>Tushar Teredesai</emphasis></para>
</listitem>
@@ -375,11 +375,11 @@
machine access he saved may have been yours.</para>
</listitem>
- <!-- <listitem>
+ <listitem>
<para><emphasis>Archaic</emphasis>
for trouble shooting the mozilla section by performing multiple builds
and for providing a description of the various mozilla
extensions.</para>
- </listitem> -->
+ </listitem>
<listitem>
<para><emphasis>Miguel Bazdresch</emphasis>
@@ -484,13 +484,11 @@
book.</para>
</listitem>
-<!--
<listitem>
<para><emphasis>Billy O'Connor</emphasis>
for building GNOME 2.0 so many times and being very helpful with
his comments on that section.</para>
</listitem>
--->
<listitem>
<para><emphasis>Alexander E. Patrakov</emphasis>
Modified: branches/6.3/BOOK/introduction/welcome/version.xml
===================================================================
--- branches/6.3/BOOK/introduction/welcome/version.xml 2008-05-12 12:57:24 UTC
(rev 7456)
+++ branches/6.3/BOOK/introduction/welcome/version.xml 2008-05-12 12:59:11 UTC
(rev 7457)
@@ -15,12 +15,7 @@
<title>Book Version</title>
- <para>This is BLFS-BOOK version &version; dated &releasedate;. This is the
- development branch of the BLFS book, currently targeting the LFS development
- book. If this version (&version;) is older than a month, it's likely that
- your mirror hasn't been synchronized recently and a newer version is probably
- available for download or viewing. Check one of the mirror sites at
- <ulink url="http://www.&lfs-domainname;/mirrors.html"/> for an updated
- version.</para>
+ <para>This is BLFS-BOOK version &version; dated &releasedate;. This version
+ is intended as the complement to the LFS-&lfs-version; book.</para>
</sect1>
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