1<articleinfo>
2 <title>&os;/&arch; &release.current; Release Notes</title>
3
4 <corpauthor>The FreeBSD Project</corpauthor>
5
6 <pubdate>$FreeBSD: head/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml 98515 2002-06-20 21:19:49Z bmah $</pubdate>
7
8 <copyright>
9 <year>2000</year>
10 <year>2001</year>
11 <year>2002</year>
12 <holder role="mailto:doc@FreeBSD.org">The FreeBSD Documentation Project</holder>
13 </copyright>
14
15 <abstract>
16 <para>The release notes for &os; &release.current; contain a summary
17 of
18<![ %include.historic; [
19 the changes made in the &os; base system since &release.prev;.
20]]>
21<![ %no.include.historic; [
22 recent changes made to the &os; base system on the &release.branch;
23 development branch.
24]]>
25 Both changes for kernel and userland are listed, as well as
26 applicable security advisories that were issued since the last
27 release. Some brief remarks on upgrading are also presented.</para>
28 </abstract>
29</articleinfo>
30
31<sect1>
32 <title>Introduction</title>
33
34 <para>This document contains the release notes for &os;
35 &release.current; on the &arch.print; hardware platform. It
36 describes recently added, changed, or deleted features of &os;.
37 It also provides some notes on upgrading
38 from previous versions of &os;.</para>
39
40<![ %release.type.snapshot [
41
42 <para>The &release.type; distribution to which these release notes
43 apply represents a point along the &release.branch; development
44 branch between &release.prev; and the future &release.next;. Some
45 pre-built, binary &release.type; distributions along this branch
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60 Handbook</ulink>.</para>
61
62]]>
63</sect1>
64
65<sect1>
66 <title>What's New</title>
67
68This section describes
69<![ %include.historic; [
70 the most user-visible new or changed features in &os;
71 since &release.prev;.
72 In general, changes described here are unique to the &release.branch;
73 branch unless specifically marked as &merged; features.
74]]>
75<![ %no.include.historic; [
76 many of the user-visible new or changed features in &os;
77 since &release.prev;. It includes items that are unique to the
78 &release.branch; branch, as well as some features that may have been
79 recently merged to
80 other branches (after &os; &release.prev.historic;). The later
81 items are marked as &merged;.
82]]>
83 </para>
84
85 <para>Typical release note items
86 document new drivers or hardware support, new commands or options,
87 major bugfixes, or contributed software upgrades. Applicable security
88 advisories issued after &release.prev; are also listed.</para>
89
90 <para>Many additional changes were made to &os; that are not listed
91 here for lack of space. For example, documentation was corrected
92 and improved, minor bugs were fixed, insecure coding practices
93 were audited and corrected, and source code was cleaned up.</para>
94
95 <sect2 id="kernel">
96 <title>Kernel Changes</title>
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2 <title>&os;/&arch; &release.current; Release Notes</title>
3
4 <corpauthor>The FreeBSD Project</corpauthor>
5
6 <pubdate>$FreeBSD: head/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml 98515 2002-06-20 21:19:49Z bmah $</pubdate>
7
8 <copyright>
9 <year>2000</year>
10 <year>2001</year>
11 <year>2002</year>
12 <holder role="mailto:doc@FreeBSD.org">The FreeBSD Documentation Project</holder>
13 </copyright>
14
15 <abstract>
16 <para>The release notes for &os; &release.current; contain a summary
17 of
18<![ %include.historic; [
19 the changes made in the &os; base system since &release.prev;.
20]]>
21<![ %no.include.historic; [
22 recent changes made to the &os; base system on the &release.branch;
23 development branch.
24]]>
25 Both changes for kernel and userland are listed, as well as
26 applicable security advisories that were issued since the last
27 release. Some brief remarks on upgrading are also presented.</para>
28 </abstract>
29</articleinfo>
30
31<sect1>
32 <title>Introduction</title>
33
34 <para>This document contains the release notes for &os;
35 &release.current; on the &arch.print; hardware platform. It
36 describes recently added, changed, or deleted features of &os;.
37 It also provides some notes on upgrading
38 from previous versions of &os;.</para>
39
40<![ %release.type.snapshot [
41
42 <para>The &release.type; distribution to which these release notes
43 apply represents a point along the &release.branch; development
44 branch between &release.prev; and the future &release.next;. Some
45 pre-built, binary &release.type; distributions along this branch
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60 Handbook</ulink>.</para>
61
62]]>
63</sect1>
64
65<sect1>
66 <title>What's New</title>
67
68
69<![ %include.historic; [
70 the most user-visible new or changed features in &os;
71 since &release.prev;.
72 In general, changes described here are unique to the &release.branch;
73 branch unless specifically marked as &merged; features.
74]]>
75<![ %no.include.historic; [
76 many of the user-visible new or changed features in &os;
77 since &release.prev;. It includes items that are unique to the
78 &release.branch; branch, as well as some features that may have been
79 recently merged to
80 other branches (after &os; &release.prev.historic;). The later
81 items are marked as &merged;.
82]]>
83 </para>
84
85 <para>Typical release note items
86 document new drivers or hardware support, new commands or options,
87 major bugfixes, or contributed software upgrades. Applicable security
88 advisories issued after &release.prev; are also listed.</para>
89
90 <para>Many additional changes were made to &os; that are not listed
91 here for lack of space. For example, documentation was corrected
92 and improved, minor bugs were fixed, insecure coding practices
93 were audited and corrected, and source code was cleaned up.</para>
94
95 <sect2 id="kernel">
96 <title>Kernel Changes</title>
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