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So, Achim and other developers - enjoy your vacation - you deserve it! |
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:-* |
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----- Original Message ----- |
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From: "Daniel Robbins" <drobbins@g.o> |
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To: <gentoo-announce@g.o>; <gentoo-dev@g.o> |
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Sent: Monday, June 11, 2001 9:16 PM |
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Subject: [gentoo-dev] Gentoo Linux 1.0_rc5 status update |
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> Hi All, |
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> Well, Gentoo Linux 1.0_rc5 is around the corner, but first... we need a |
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> vacation. :) |
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> Achim has been working really hard on our Portage tree, and right now |
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> everything builds perfectly and all known build problems have been fixed |
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for |
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> our ~700 packages (Thanks Achim!). In addition, we now have a prototype |
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boot |
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> CD that actually works. So, we are _very_ close to the Gentoo Linux |
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1.0_rc5 |
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> release; everything is falling into place. |
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> However, Achim is starting a new web company and has a lot of outstanding |
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work |
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> to complete; also, I have quite a few articles to write over here. So, in |
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> order to catch up on our consulting responsibilities, we'll be on |
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"vacation" |
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> from Gentoo Linux development for one week, starting today. We'll resume |
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work |
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> on Gentoo Linux one week from now, on June 18th. Since we have about one |
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week |
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> left of work before Gentoo Linux 1.0_rc5 is ready (mainly boot CD |
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refinements |
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> and package building), you can expect Gentoo Linux 1.0_rc5 to be released |
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very |
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> close to June 25th. This date should be fairly accurate, since 95% of the |
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> 1.0_rc5 work is already complete and is sitting on CVS, waiting to be |
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built. |
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> Developers: |
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> Achim has tagged all the 1.0_rc5 stuff, so you can continue making |
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improvements |
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> to CVS without worry. However, please try to hang out on #gentoo and |
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answer |
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> any gentoo-dev posts about your work (and any other questions, if you |
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can.) |
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> Best Regards, |
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> |
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> -- |
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> Daniel Robbins <drobbins@g.o> |
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> President/CEO http://www.gentoo.org |
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> Gentoo Technologies, Inc. |
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