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Athena 8.4 beta for Solaris
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Greg Hudson)
Mon May 22 15:28:30 2000
Date: Mon, 22 May 2000 15:28:17 -0400 (EDT)
Message-Id: <200005221928.PAA00318@small-gods.mit.edu>
From: Greg Hudson <ghudson@MIT.EDU>
To: adamico@MIT.EDU, ajfox@MIT.EDU, ariel@MIT.EDU, athena-rcc@MIT.EDU,
aurora@MIT.EDU, boojum@MIT.EDU, cavan@MIT.EDU, cfields@MIT.EDU,
cfox@MIT.EDU, danw@MIT.EDU, dkk@MIT.EDU, dryfoo@MIT.EDU,
ejacobus@MIT.EDU, f_l@MIT.EDU, ghudson@MIT.EDU, jeff@MIT.EDU,
jfoster@MIT.EDU, jweiss@MIT.EDU, kcr@MIT.EDU, kcunning@MIT.EDU,
lcs@MIT.EDU, lxs@MIT.EDU, mbarker@MIT.EDU, meeroh@MIT.EDU,
mhbraun@MIT.EDU, miki@MIT.EDU, moties@MIT.EDU, mvsilis@MIT.EDU,
mwhitson@MIT.EDU, othomas@MIT.EDU, pocky@MIT.EDU, sipb-staff@MIT.EDU,
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Cc: release-team@MIT.EDU
The Athena 8.4 beta test phase begins tonight for Solaris.
This release uses Solaris 7. There are not many interesting new
things in the Athena software for this release; the replacement of tex
with tetex is the biggest one. There are a lot of small changes and
bug fixes.
See /afs/dev.mit.edu/project/relnotes/rel84.tex for a draft of the
system release notes; draft user release notes will be available soon.
Even if your machine is configured with AUTOUPDATE true, it will not
take the 8.4 beta release automatically. To take the release
manually, do a console login as root (type Control-p at the xlogin
window and log in as root using the text login display) and run:
detach -a
attach -O dev-sun4sys-84
/srvd/update_ws
During this beta phase, we do our best to maintain the stability and
correctness of test machines. However, we're a little understaffed
right now, so we're a little more likely than usual to fail to meet
that goal. Also, bugs in the release software could disrupt your
work. Please send bug reports to testers@mit.edu if you find anything
wrong.
Here is a list of beta Solaris machines:
arizona jfoster
bart-savagewood sipb-staff
bobbi-harlow sipb-staff
brute-force cfox
bryce jeff
byte-me mvsilis
cavia-porcellus f_l
central-services kcr
chicago mvsilis
cogsworth athena-rcc,zacheiss
coup-detat pocky
cruella-de-vil athena-rcc,zacheiss
cruft zacheiss
dcl tytso
defender mbarker
defiant lcs
definitely-not-swedish meeroh
dewey athena-rcc,zacheiss
dizzy dryfoo
electric-barbarella zacheiss
entropy meeroh
ethanol lxs
ferd athena-rcc,zacheiss
forever mhbraun
gaston athena-rcc,zacheiss
geskekelud boojum
gypsy miki
gyruss mbarker
hal-2000 moties
hanta-yo wdc
hikari-no-ken kcr
implementor danw
indiana cavan
infocalypse zacheiss
jhereg mwhitson
joust mbarker
kamp-krusty athena-rcc,zacheiss
kangi miki
mad-scientist cfields
mickey-mouse athena-rcc,zacheiss
partly-cloudy dkk
pitfall mbarker
rotarran lcs
rsx-11 tytso
saint-elmos-fire tlyu
sidney aurora
slingshot kcunning
small-gods ghudson
sneetch vrt
snow-goon yak
spy-hunter mbarker
suntzu miki
sweet-transvestite zacheiss
technomage danw
tesla-coil tlyu
the-guardian-of-forever meeroh
the-other-woman jweiss
tiassa mwhitson
tigana jweiss
tiki-god adamico
tir-na-nogth ariel
tooltime othomas
ultrasparc athena-rcc,zacheiss
waterloo-underground ejacobus
whirlwind ajfox
x15-cruise-basselope sipb-staff
