[563] in Release_7.7_team
Early Test for Athena 8.0
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (release-team@MIT.EDU)
Fri May 31 09:47:54 1996
Date: Fri, 31 May 1996 09:47:48 -0400
To: release-team@MIT.EDU
From: release-team@MIT.EDU
Early testing for Athena Release 8.0 on the Sun platform is scheduled to
begin on Tuesday, June 18th. (Early test maps roughly into what
previous releases called "staff test" but includes a few machines in
general use clusters.) You are currently listed as the contact for the
following Sun(s) which are configured to take the release:
m37-312-21
m37-312-22
m37-312-23
m37-312-24
m37-312-25
m37-312-26
m37-312-27
m37-312-28
m37-312-29
m37-312-31
m37-312-32
m37-312-33
m37-312-34
m37-312-35
m37-312-36
w20-575-1
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 early tester, we ask that you use your early test machine and
report any bugs or changes in behavior, no matter how minor. You should
be prepared to take the release once it is available. Because this
release includes an operating system upgrade, your workstation may not
function correctly if it is configured for but does not take the
release.
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
($ATHENA_SYS = sun4m_54)
* Emacs 19.30 is the default version of emacs.
* Emacs 18 is available as a separate command
(/usr/athena/bin/emacs18)
* /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 early testers prior to the actual
release.
Finally, you may send questions about the release to
release-team@mit.edu
Thank you.
