%general-entities; ]> $LastChangedBy$ $Date$ Foreword to Version 6.2.0 Version 6.2.0 is the complement to the LFS 6.2 book. More time has elapsed between the release of the previous version (6.1) and this one than in any other release cycle. Much of this is due to the fact that LFS 6.2 took much longer to be released than was originally anticipated. Many new packages have been introduced in the 6.2.0 version, as well as many updates, refinements and additions to the existing packages. The BLFS book now provides build and configuration instructions for almost 400 packages. Some of the new packages introduced in this version are: autotooled XOrg, HAL, D-BUS, GStreamer (now broken out into separate plugin packages), usbutils, libquicktime, GraphViz, K3b, dvd+rw-tools, NSS, Libidn, GAIM, Poppler, SeaMonkey, XChat, Audacious, cairo and unixODBC. Major updates include GNOME-2.14.3 (with several new GNOME packages such as Totem, gnome-mount and gnome-volume-manager), KDE-3.5.6, Firefox-1.5.x, Thunderbird-1.5.x, and most of the mainline server packages. As always, the list of packages that have been upgraded or added as well as configuration and build command changes are annotated in the . Unfortunately, BLFS activity was semi-stagnant for several months after (and shortly before) the LFS 6.2 release. Therefore, many of the packages are somewhat dated (compared to previous BLFS versions). This brings us to why the versioning scheme has changed. This release is 6.2.0 as we fully anticipate releasing another version (6.2.1) just as soon as possible. The 6.2.1 release will also be based on the LFS-6.2 book, but will include updated packages, and fixes for any errors which may be discovered in 6.2.0. As always, the main thrust of BLFS development will be to support the changes in the current LFS development book, but any changes or updates to the BLFS development book (that are compatible with LFS 6.2) will also be merged into the BLFS 6.2 branch. This way, a 6.2.1 version of BLFS should be released fairly soon, and should provide a very current and stable Linux platform. Enjoy!
Randy McMurchy January 31, 2007