Hi guys,

Just a quick note of advance(!) notice : CentOS 4.1 tree is starting to be populated with the IA64 branch. i386 and x86_64 will start shortly and complete in 72 to 96 hrs times. We are looking at an approximate size increase of 4 to 5 GB for the /centos/4/ tree.

We will try and ensure there is a lag, from the time the pkgs are uploaded, to the Announcement itself, allowing the mirrors to catch up.

To save on mirror space, duplicate packages in 4.1 will be hardlinked against pkgs in 4.0 ( please check your rsync lines, make sure there is an -H option there ).

Further, once the 4.1 iso's are available on the mirrors, iso's for 4.0 will be removed from the mirrors right away. They will still be available on BitTorrent for an over-lap period of 14 days, should anyone need them.

Once this 14 day over-lap is over, the entire 4.0 tree will be removed from the mirrors and /centos/4/ will be pointing at /centos/4.1/

Thank you all, once again, for hosting mirrors for the CentOS Project.