Module Name: src
Committed By: martin
Date: Tue May 14 17:18:20 UTC 2019
Modified Files:
src/distrib/notes/common [netbsd-8]: main
Log Message:
Prepare for 8.1 RC1
To generate a diff of this commit:
cvs rdiff -u -r1.535.2.3 -r1.535.2.4 src/distrib/notes/common/main
Please note that diffs are not public domain; they are subject to the
copyright notices on the relevant files.
Modified files:
Index: src/distrib/notes/common/main
diff -u src/distrib/notes/common/main:1.535.2.3 src/distrib/notes/common/main:1.535.2.4
--- src/distrib/notes/common/main:1.535.2.3 Tue Jul 17 14:54:09 2018
+++ src/distrib/notes/common/main Tue May 14 17:18:20 2019
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $NetBSD: main,v 1.535.2.3 2018/07/17 14:54:09 martin Exp $
+.\" $NetBSD: main,v 1.535.2.4 2019/05/14 17:18:20 martin Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1999-2012 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
.\" All rights reserved.
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
.as MACHINE_LIST " sgimips shark sparc sparc64 sun2 sun3 vax x68k xen zaurus .
.so \*[.CURDIR]/../common/macros
.
-.Dd July 17, 2018
+.Dd May 13, 2019
.Dt INSTALL 8
.Os NetBSD
.Sh NAME
@@ -480,44 +480,21 @@ possible,
would not exist.
.
.if \n[FOR_RELEASE] \{\
-.Ss "Dedication"
.Pp
-.
-.Nx
-8.0 is dedicated to the memory of Nicolas Joly, who
-passed away in June 2017.
-.Pp
-Nicolas' technical contributions are too many to list here in full.
-He commited more than 1000 changes all over the
-.Nx
-source tree and pkgsrc.
-.Pp
-Beyond that he was always helpful and friendly. His
-example encouraged users to contribute to the project and share their
-work with the community.
-.Pp
-.Ss Changes Between The NetBSD 7.0 and 8.0 Releases
+.Ss Changes Between The NetBSD 8.0 and 8.1 Releases
.Pp
The
.Nx
\*V release
-provides many significant changes, including support for many new
-devices, hundreds of bug fixes, new and updated kernel subsystems, and
-numerous userland enhancements.
-The result of these improvements is a stable operating system fit for
-production use that rivals most commercially available systems.
-.Pp
-It is impossible to completely summarize the massive development that
-went into the
-.Nx
-\*V release.
+is the first security/critical update of the NetBSD 8 release branch.
+It represents a selected subset of fixes deemed important for
+security or stability reasons.
The complete list of changes can be found in the
-CHANGES:
-.Lk https://cdn.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-8.0/CHANGES
-and
-CHANGES-8.0:
-.Lk https://cdn.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-8.0/CHANGES-8.0
-files in the top level directory of the NetBSD 8.0 release tree.
+CHANGES-8.1:
+.Lk https://cdn.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-8.1_RC1/CHANGES-8.1
+file in the top level directory of the NetBSD
+\*V release
+tree.
.Pp
The release anouncements, status, updates and links to other resources
can be found at
@@ -588,6 +565,8 @@ The root directory of the
Changes between the 7.0 and 8.0 releases.
.It Li CHANGES-8.0
Changes between the initial 8.0 branch and final release of 8.0.
+.It Li CHANGES-8.1
+Changes between the 8.0 release and the 8.1 release.
.It Li CHANGES.prev
Changes in previous
.Nx
