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book/bookinfo.xml
rf125e94 r2f22cf0a 43 43 <revhistory> 44 44 <revision> 45 <revnumber> &version;</revnumber>46 <date> &pubdate;</date>47 <revremark> Development Release</revremark>45 <revnumber>6.3-rc1</revnumber> 46 <date>2008-05-12</date> 47 <revremark>Seventh release</revremark> 48 48 </revision> 49 49 -
book/foreword.xml
rf125e94 r2f22cf0a 14 14 </sect1info> 15 15 16 <title>Foreword to Version 6.2.0</title>16 <title>Foreword</title> 17 17 18 18 <!-- … … 78 78 --> 79 79 80 <para>Version 6.2.0 is the complement to the LFS 6.2 book. More time has 81 elapsed between the release of the previous version (6.1) and this one than 82 in any other release cycle. Much of this is due to the fact that LFS 6.2 83 took much longer to be released than was originally anticipated. Many new 84 packages have been introduced in the 6.2.0 version, as well as many 85 updates, refinements and additions to the existing packages.</para> 80 <para>BLFS version 6.3 is the complement to the LFS 6.3 book. It has been 81 15 months since the last release of BLFS and almost nine months since LFS-6.3 82 was released. Though we would like to release BLFS versions as quickly as 83 possible after an LFS release, this version lagged a bit due to Editor 84 inactivity. However, early on in 2008 several new Editors were brought on 85 board which helped stimulate a flurry of activity. Many new packages have 86 been introduced in the 6.3 version, as well as many updates, refinements and 87 additions to the existing packages.</para> 86 88 87 89 <para>The BLFS book now provides build and configuration instructions for 88 almost 400 packages. Some of the new packages introduced in this version are: 89 autotooled XOrg, HAL, D-BUS, GStreamer (now broken out into separate plugin 90 packages), usbutils, libquicktime, GraphViz, K3b, dvd+rw-tools, NSS, Libidn, 91 GAIM, Poppler, SeaMonkey, XChat, Audacious, cairo and unixODBC. Major updates 92 include GNOME-2.14.3 (with several new GNOME packages such as Totem, 93 gnome-mount and gnome-volume-manager), KDE-3.5.6, Firefox-1.5.x, 94 Thunderbird-1.5.x, and most of the mainline server packages. As always, the 95 list of packages that have been upgraded or added as well as configuration 96 and build command changes are annotated in the 97 <xref linkend="changelog"/>.</para> 98 99 <para>Unfortunately, BLFS activity was semi-stagnant for several months 100 after (and shortly before) the LFS 6.2 release. Therefore, many of the 101 packages are somewhat dated (compared to previous BLFS versions). This 102 brings us to why the versioning scheme has changed. This release is 6.2.0 103 as we fully anticipate releasing another version (6.2.1) just as soon as 104 possible. The 6.2.1 release will also be based on the LFS-6.2 book, but 105 will include updated packages, and fixes for any errors which may be 106 discovered in 6.2.0.</para> 90 over 500 packages (many more than that if you want to count each individual 91 package in the autotooled X Window instructions. Some of the new packages 92 introduced in this version are: 93 Dash, ksh, D-Bus bindings, Wireshark (formerly named Ethereal), rxvt-unicode, 94 Gutenprint (formerly name Gimp-Print), Pidgin (formerly name Gaim), GnuTLS 95 (and many of its dependencies), Qt version 4.x, GnuPG version 2.x, and 96 Amarok. Major updates include GNOME-2.18.3 (with several new GNOME packages), 97 KDE-3.5.9, Firefox-2.x, Thunderbird-2.x, and most (if not all) of the 98 mainline server packages. As always, the list of packages that have been 99 upgraded or added as well as configuration and build command changes are 100 annotated in the <xref linkend="changelog"/>.</para> 107 101 108 102 <para>As always, the main thrust of BLFS development will be to support 109 the changes in the current LFS development book, but any changes or 110 updates to the BLFS development book (that are compatible with LFS 6.2) 111 will also be merged into the BLFS 6.2 branch. This way, a 6.2.1 version 112 of BLFS should be released fairly soon, and should provide a very current 113 and stable Linux platform.</para> 103 the changes in the current LFS development book, but we're releasing this 104 version of BLFS so that builders of the stable LFS book can continue on 105 into BLFS with known good instructions that should be 100% compatible to 106 provide a semi current and very stable Linux platform.</para> 114 107 115 108 <para>Enjoy!</para> … … 117 110 <blockquote> 118 111 <literallayout>Randy McMurchy 119 January 31, 2007</literallayout>112 May 11th, 2008</literallayout> 120 113 </blockquote> 121 114
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