[CentOS] [CentOS-announce] Release for CentOS-5.7 i386 and x86_64

Wed Sep 14 04:24:48 UTC 2011

Any reason why 5 is not a symlink to 5.7 whereas 4 is a symlink to 4.8?  Looks like the same applies to 6!?!

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| We are pleased to announce the immediate availability of CentOS-5.7
| for
| i386 and x86_64 Architectures.
| 
| CentOS-5.7 is based on the upstream release EL 5.7 and includes
| packages from all variants including Server and Client. All upstream
| repositories have been combined into one, to make it easier for end
| users to work with.
| 
| This is just an announcement email, not the release notes. The Release
| Notes for CentOS-5.7 can be found on-line at :
| http://wiki.centos.org/Manuals/ReleaseNotes/CentOS5.7 and everyone is
| encouraged to look through them once. Also worth browsing through are
| the CentOS FAQs at http://wiki.centos.org/FAQ
| 
| +++++++++++++++++++++++
| Upgrading from CentOS-5.6 ( or CentOS-5.0/5.1/5.2/5.3/5.4/5.5):
| 
| If you are already running CentOS-5.6 or an older CentOS-5 distro, all
| you need to do is update your machine via yum by running :
| 
| 'yum update'
| 
| Running 'yum list updates' before doing the update is recommended, so
| you can get a list of packages that are going to be updated. To check
| you are indeed on CentOS-5.7, run : 'rpm -q centos-release' and that
| should return: 'centos-release-5-7.el5.centos.1'
| 
| If you are running CentOS-5.6 and have the CR repo enabled, a simple
| 'yum update' will still move your machine to 5.7. But since the CR
| repo
| already contained all the 5.7 updates, there will only be a handful of
| rpms that need to be installed for the 5.6 to 5.7 upgrade. If you are
| not running the CR repo, we highly encourage everyone to install and
| run
| this repository on their machines. More details on the CR repo can be
| found online at
| http://wiki.centos.org/AdditionalResources/Repositories/CR
| 
| +++++++++++++++++++++++
| Downloading CentOS-5.7 for new installs:
| 
| When possible, consider using torrents to run the downloads. Not only
| does it help the community and keeps mirrors from running up high
| bandwidth bills, in most cases you will find its also the fastest
| means
| to download the distro. There are currently over a hundred people
| seeding CentOS-5 and it's possible to get upto 100mbps downloads via
| these torrents.
| 
| - -- Via BitTorrent :
| CD:
| http://mirror.centos.org/centos/5.7/isos/i386/CentOS-5.7-i386-bin-1to8.torrent
| http://mirror.centos.org/centos/5.7/isos/x86_64/CentOS-5.7-x86_64-bin-1to8.torrent
| 
| DVD:
| http://mirror.centos.org/centos/5.7/isos/i386/CentOS-5.7-i386-bin-DVD.torrent
| http://mirror.centos.org/centos/5.7/isos/x86_64/CentOS-5.7-x86_64-bin-DVD.torrent
| 
| md5sum's for these torrent files:
| 
| 8e29e525f45c4a7b3a963cc01ec3459a CentOS-5.7-i386-bin-1to8.torrent
| 32c9e0826b50d6be44823523be403c7f CentOS-5.7-x86_64-bin-1to8.torrent
| 795d6c11b5ef8907653360af52b9f317 CentOS-5.7-i386-bin-DVD.torrent
| 04c563f2c838bf6b255fcc5fcc18cf66 CentOS-5.7-x86_64-bin-DVD.torrent
| 
| sha1sum's for these torrent files:
| 
| 8a945ba89b03328480fde20eaa0b638ceb7f4509
| CentOS-5.7-i386-bin-1to8.torrent
| b1a18ba25e77543c4df9078dfafba990fbd58601
| CentOS-5.7-x86_64-bin-1to8.torrent
| d3c4ed0d14fe1873bbcee931224e5e8819f779dc
| CentOS-5.7-i386-bin-DVD.torrent
| 302850dd4f9a8198b303f872c83a5a16ec1c40c2
| CentOS-5.7-x86_64-bin-DVD.torrent
| 
| 
| While torrent files will do their own content checks, and only the
| right
| torrent will register and download from torrent.centos.org - its very
| important for your own security that an md5/sha1sum check is done on
| the
| .torrent file itself, and ensure that only the torrent.centos.org
| tracker is being used. Sha1sum's are more secure than md5's. Whenever
| possible, use sha1sum's instead of md5.
| 
| - -- Via direct download:
| Due to bandwidth considerations the CentOS Project does not publish
| ISOs
| directly from our network machines. However direct downloads are
| available from external mirrors over http, ftp and rsync. A geoip
| based list is available at
| http://isoredirect.centos.org/centos/5/isos/
| to give you the best predictable match ( and only lists mirrors that
| are
| updated already, so you don't need to waste time looking for a sync'd
| mirror )
| 
| Some mirrors also publish DVD images that can be downloaded directly.
| Refer to the mirrors list page at http://www.centos.org/mirrors for
| more
| details Mirrors that offer DVDs are clearly marked on the page.
| 
| +++++++++++++++++++++++
| sha1sum for these ISOS:
| 
| i386:
| 6acbf1db3f4dce6dce7df15c54394a7cef6c3a7d CentOS-5.7-i386-bin-1of8.iso
| 241e5ea801b449ff59191c620db0a6b00b4aaaf5 CentOS-5.7-i386-bin-2of8.iso
| 0955c2029c1839b1e3601bb4238a2cd6c84e9aca CentOS-5.7-i386-bin-3of8.iso
| 7e094a60e2ddb7904e425487b8c4936e464f10a5 CentOS-5.7-i386-bin-4of8.iso
| 3eb0ee0b146140c4ef812d69fbc8712da1c0661d CentOS-5.7-i386-bin-5of8.iso
| 31b689247da34a58119b91821b13f70424e85a16 CentOS-5.7-i386-bin-6of8.iso
| 468eb403bd111c77e47bf31693c544ecba2fac97 CentOS-5.7-i386-bin-7of8.iso
| 18a43be42e159bf37deb87ce8636930ba7856f75 CentOS-5.7-i386-bin-8of8.iso
| e0eab4dd77c3ecc73080428beaa4ffe28984dc4b
| CentOS-5.7-i386-bin-DVD-1of2.iso
| 29158f1fc82022164a1617ce625bce4cee2480e7
| CentOS-5.7-i386-bin-DVD-2of2.iso
| 3155e9f36dfccda5ce6cb1d60d07972b69ee6f0f
| CentOS-5.7-i386-netinstall.iso
| 
| x86_64:
| cb01b0fa28367e6179a6498c52e014c43188ca86
| CentOS-5.7-x86_64-bin-1of8.iso
| fb76b1bdf39d0130fc774c086e26da4a36584ce4
| CentOS-5.7-x86_64-bin-2of8.iso
| d0f56df3c0756649f8068fac81c1402784fc506e
| CentOS-5.7-x86_64-bin-3of8.iso
| 1c7c77100b30c6fec3ad824bc25526a48417d3df
| CentOS-5.7-x86_64-bin-4of8.iso
| 79f8dd2de38455418aae2eaa4a404314d0c3cfa7
| CentOS-5.7-x86_64-bin-5of8.iso
| 1d387fbfaf380c30ea90753c8311bf961e0f8394
| CentOS-5.7-x86_64-bin-6of8.iso
| 324540e8266bdb10649e07f27f1717342a3e66c4
| CentOS-5.7-x86_64-bin-7of8.iso
| 88c23f2d2dd78607e48041dc764ee6e6c1c11104
| CentOS-5.7-x86_64-bin-8of8.iso
| 53be2b60dfebeded1d5a0a81cab2845579a952eb
| CentOS-5.7-x86_64-bin-DVD-1of2.iso
| 60a0e6093230c50f2d18730106ec5b8b3a200aa3
| CentOS-5.7-x86_64-bin-DVD-2of2.iso
| a50f28edeb6835ecb478406de1568993a128f208
| CentOS-5.7-x86_64-netinstall.iso
| 
| 
| +++++++++++++++++++++++
| md5sum for these ISOS:
| 
| i386:
| dc856604d09a3b6777aa1bb512a1935f CentOS-5.7-i386-bin-1of8.iso
| 6c6bfc2e10c3e801783ff1c5597f46dc CentOS-5.7-i386-bin-2of8.iso
| 49589116dccf75fbd9649ec7fb3b99b4 CentOS-5.7-i386-bin-3of8.iso
| 27261f30d80d91673dfb4bbf1f4aa3f5 CentOS-5.7-i386-bin-4of8.iso
| 2bb5e1bf2aa6a783e36337e713f92437 CentOS-5.7-i386-bin-5of8.iso
| c3ae081765767c8e5a63f809502c1004 CentOS-5.7-i386-bin-6of8.iso
| 83c55db138f03302f68c3d5364ca5e73 CentOS-5.7-i386-bin-7of8.iso
| 8b28bf769035010a2142e73a408705ff CentOS-5.7-i386-bin-8of8.iso
| f64544635a0e1198899eb756072622f5 CentOS-5.7-i386-bin-DVD-1of2.iso
| 048110b6c42ac84c1cf8408b75202e16 CentOS-5.7-i386-bin-DVD-2of2.iso
| 11222d9134cdfc101f6f91fe544254c9 CentOS-5.7-i386-netinstall.iso
| 
| x86_64:
| 53d5f304659a9191da45e0ccb1f661f7 CentOS-5.7-x86_64-bin-1of8.iso
| 9620981e376f04d1473f7dc13937cf9b CentOS-5.7-x86_64-bin-2of8.iso
| b2d3bab3cef53da372bf95a3ac0ef16b CentOS-5.7-x86_64-bin-3of8.iso
| 09328f8fe5b0165b170dcdf1d4875edd CentOS-5.7-x86_64-bin-4of8.iso
| 0d1a88ca346e29018c3215edd34df1d1 CentOS-5.7-x86_64-bin-5of8.iso
| 166d128cb7256b388bbb31b49f690e3e CentOS-5.7-x86_64-bin-6of8.iso
| 9950dfb79e42dc42ef2b38da7580f9db CentOS-5.7-x86_64-bin-7of8.iso
| 5f6c110adacacaf83a43d73e5bda0ce1 CentOS-5.7-x86_64-bin-8of8.iso
| 55eadec0a6e87c5f2883f734d43fdb58 CentOS-5.7-x86_64-bin-DVD-1of2.iso
| d123b70711c8222364c0ea9a5e4a11e7 CentOS-5.7-x86_64-bin-DVD-2of2.iso
| 5db3d49ba7a2c56810822914fadc1edf CentOS-5.7-x86_64-netinstall.iso
| 
| +++++++++++++++++++++++
| Note about media:
| 
| We have tried to standardise on the media between the i386 and x86_64
| architectures. Each now has the same number of CD images and the same
| number of DVD images. CD #8 on i386 contains no rpms, and is not
| needed
| for any install type. DVD #2 on both i386 and x86_64 only contain
| Openoffice langpacks for languages others than english. Therefore
| DVD#2
| is only needed when doing a desktop install, with the openoffice
| components selected with other than English language support.
| 
| +++++++++++++++++++++++
| Sources and Debuginfo packages:
| 
| srpms and debuginfo packages are still making their way to the CentOS
| mirrors and should be online by the 20th September. We are considering
| changing the way we handle sources and debuginfo rpms in order to
| better
| manage publishing them and to free up mirror space. For now there will
| be no change to the way things are running. Any change will be
| communicated clearly, and we will do our best to make sure it has as
| little user impact as possible.
| 
| +++++++++++++++++++++++
| Getting Help:
| 
| The best place to start when looking for help with CentOS is at the
| wiki
| ( http://wiki.centos.org/GettingHelp ) which lists various options and
| communities who might be able to help. If you think there is a bug in
| the system, do report it at http://bugs.centos.org/ - but keep in mind
| that the bugs system is *not* a support mechanism.
| 
| Some Friendly URLs :
| http://www.centos.org/
| http://wiki.centos.org/
| http://lists.centos.org/
| http://bugs.centos.org/
| irc://#centos@irc.freenode.net
| 
| 
| +++++++++++++++++++++++
| A big thanks to everyone who contributed towards this release,
| including
| the translation teams, the qa team, the artwork team, the CentOS
| Developers and all the users out there. And a special shout out to all
| the donors who have contributed machines, bandwidth and infrastructure
| towards the CentOS Project.
| 
| Enjoy!
| 
| - --
| Karanbir Singh
| The CentOS Project
| irc: z00dax, #centos at irc.freenode.net
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