RedSleeve 6 Release is now available. Since it proved itself stable and
trouble free over the past two years, it is no longer labelled a test
release.
The repositories have been re-arranged. The packages that were
previously available, including all the previous updates are now in the
"base" repository. These should be very stable and have been thoroughly
tested.
The new updates are in the "update" repository. There are about 25GB of
newly updated packages, which should make it level with the upstream
distribution on almost all applicable packages.
There is still an "extra" repository with a few extra packages, which is
disabled by default. The repository file is in the redsleeve-release
package, and the packages are signed, but they can cause dependency
issues, so only use this repository only if you are completely certain
you need a package from it due to a dependency for something else you
are developing.
EPEL packages are in a separate "epel" repository as they have been before.
You can update your existing system by doing the following:
# yum update redsleeve-release
# yum install epel-release
You may want to clean up your /etc/yum.repos.d/ directory of left-over
repository files that aren't owned by the release packages. Then do:
# yum update
All packages are now signed, and the release files contain the public
keys. The repository now uses mirror lists which should help speed up
the download process. The mirrors are currently updating, so please
consider waiting a few hours before you begin updating your systems.
You may also find of interest is the complete list of modified packages
and the details of modifications required, including the patches where
appropriate. This is available on the wiki:
http://wiki.redsleeve.org/index.php/ModifiedPackages
Please, do spread the word. :)
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