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Athena Release 8.0
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (dot@MIT.EDU)
Thu Apr 25 14:04:01 1996
From: dot@MIT.EDU
Date: Thu, 25 Apr 1996 14:03:44 -0400
To: release-team@MIT.EDU
Beta testing for Athena Release 8.0 on the Sun platform is scheduled to
begin at the beginning of May. (Beta test maps roughly into what
previous releases called "friendly test".) You are currently listed as
the contact for the following workstation(s) which are slated to take
the release:
davis
shadowfax
If you are not the correct contact or do not wish to take the release,
please contact me (dot@mit.edu) as soon as possible. On behalf of the
release team, I strongly encourage you to take the release and to
participate in the testing process. As a beta tester, we ask that you
use your beta test machine and report any bugs or changes in behavior,
no matter how minor.
What's in Release 8.0?
----------------------
Here are the major changes included in release 8.0 for the Sun platform.
* Solaris 2.4 with AFS 3.4a
* Emacs 19.30 is the default
* Emacs 18 is available as a separate command
* /usr/athena/bin/cc now points to sun cc
* Transcript 4.1
* MIME support has been built into MH but is turned off in
the default environment.
A detailed message will be sent to all beta testers prior to the
release.
Finally, you may send questions about the release to
release-team@mit.edu
Thank you,
./dot
