[2049] in NetBSD-Development
Prototype desupport announcement
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Richard Tibbetts)
Thu May 24 17:28:23 2001
Date: Thu, 24 May 2001 17:28:14 -0400
From: Richard Tibbetts <tibbetts@MIT.EDU>
To: netbsd-dev@MIT.EDU
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Here is the prototype desupport announcement. Please respond with
comments/changes to the list, not to me in personals. I will attempt
to send clear summaries of what changes I am taking. I would like to
get this finished by 5pm friday. If anyone finds that deadline too
restrictive, please say so.
tibbetts
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To: netbsd-announce
Cc: netbsd-dev
Subject: NetBSD-Athena 8.2 Officially Desupported
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SIPB NetBSD-Athena 8.2, based on NetBSD 1.3.3, is being officially
desupported by SIPB. This means that locker software may no longer be
built for NetBSD, and that patch releases of NetBSD-Athena will no
longer be made.
At the present time SIPB does not have an updated release of
NetBSD-Athena, though there are plans for a future release based on a
more current version of Athena and NetBSD. When the new release is
available, mail will be sent to netbsd-announce.
We suggest that current NetBSD-Athena users install Linux-Athena 8.4.
Linux-Athena, based on Redhat 6.2 Linux, is an up to date and
Information Systems supported version of Athena. It is the same
version of Athena running on the Dell machines in the clusters. SIPB
has made available an installer for Linux-Athena which will work on a
wide variety of hardware configurations. Before installing, any data
stored on the local NetBSD-Athena machine should be backed up. If data
is not backed up, extreme care should be taken when partitioning the
disk for Linux-Athena. For more information and instructions on
installing Linux-Athena, see <URL COMING FOR HERE>
We hope that your experience with NetBSD-Athena has been a good one.
If you have any questions or comments, feel free to contact SIPB at
x3-7788 or sipb@mit.edu or netbsd-help@mit.edu
Richard Tibbetts
for SIPB NetBSD-dev
