<div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: "Karanbir Singh" <<a href="mailto:kbsingh@centos.org">kbsingh@centos.org</a>><br>Date: Dec 14, 2015 9:40 AM<br>Subject: [CentOS-announce] Release for CentOS Linux 7 (1511) on x86_64<br>To: "CentOS Announcements List" <<a href="mailto:centos-announce@centos.org">centos-announce@centos.org</a>><br>Cc: <br><br type="attribution">-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----<br>
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We would like to announce the general availability of CentOS Linux 7<br>
(1511) for 64 bit x86 compatible machines.<br>
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This is the third major release for CentOS Linux 7 and is tagged as<br>
1511, derived from Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2<br>
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As always, read through the Release Notes at :<br>
<a href="http://wiki.centos.org/Manuals/ReleaseNotes/CentOS7" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://wiki.centos.org/Manuals/ReleaseNotes/CentOS7</a> - these notes<br>
contain important information about the release and details about some<br>
of the content inside the release from the CentOS QA team. These notes<br>
are updated constantly to include issues and incorporate feedback from<br>
the users.<br>
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Updates, Sources, and DebugInfos<br>
<br>
Updates released since we froze the iso and install media content are<br>
posted in the updates repo along with the release. This will include<br>
content from late November 2015 and December 2015, therefore anyone<br>
running a new install is highly encouraged to run a 'yum update'<br>
operation immediate on install completion. You can apply all updates,<br>
including the content released today, on your existing CentOS Linux<br>
7/x86_64 machine by just running 'yum update'. Note that it might be<br>
upto 24 hrs from this announcement before the entire mirror network<br>
has got the updated content.<br>
<br>
As with all CentOS Linux 7 components, this release was built from<br>
sources hosted at <a href="http://git.centos.org" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">git.centos.org</a>. In addition, SRPMs that are a<br>
byproduct of the build (and also considered critical in the code and<br>
buildsys process) are being published to match every binary RPM we<br>
release. Sources will be available from <a href="http://vault.centos.org" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">vault.centos.org</a> in their own<br>
dedicated directories to match the corresponding binary RPMs. Since<br>
there is far less traffic to the CentOS source RPMs compared with the<br>
binary RPMs, we are not putting this content on the main mirror<br>
network. If users wish to mirror this content they can do so using the<br>
reposync command available in the yum-utils package. All CentOS source<br>
RPMs are signed with the same key used to sign their binary<br>
counterparts. Developers and end users looking at inspecting and<br>
contributing patches to the CentOS Linux distro will find the code<br>
hosted at <a href="http://git.centos.org" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">git.centos.org</a> far simpler to work against. Details on how<br>
to best consume those are documented along with a quick start at :<br>
<a href="http://wiki.centos.org/Sources" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://wiki.centos.org/Sources</a><br>
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Debuginfo packages are also being signed and pushed. Yum configs<br>
shipped in the new release file will have all the context required for<br>
debuginfo to be available on every CentOS Linux install.<br>
<br>
This release supersedes all previously released content for CentOS<br>
Linux 7, and therefore we highly encourage all users to upgrade their<br>
machines. Information on different upgrade strategies and how to<br>
handle stale content is included in the Release Notes.<br>
<br>
As discussed in the mailing list thread<br>
<a href="https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-devel/2015-November/014035.htm" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-devel/2015-November/014035.htm</a><br>
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there are no LiveCD images included due to space constraints.<br>
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Download<br>
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In order to conserve donor bandwidth, and to make it possible to get<br>
the mirror content sync'd out as soon as possible, we recommend using<br>
torrents to get your initial installer images:<br>
<br>
Details on the images are available on the mirrors at<br>
<a href="http://mirror.centos.org/centos/7/isos/x86_64/0_README.txt" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://mirror.centos.org/centos/7/isos/x86_64/0_README.txt</a> - that file<br>
clearly highlights the difference in the images, and when one might be<br>
more suitable than the others.<br>
<br>
The sizes, sha256 sums and torrents for the ISO files:<br>
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* CentOS-7-x86_64-NetInstall-1511.iso<br>
Size: 394264576<br>
Torrent:<br>
<a href="http://mirror.centos.org/centos/7/isos/x86_64/CentOS-7-x86_64-NetInstall" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://mirror.centos.org/centos/7/isos/x86_64/CentOS-7-x86_64-NetInstall</a><br>
- -1511.torrent<br>
Sha256Sum:<br>
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<br>
* CentOS-7-x86_64-Minimal-1511.iso<br>
Size: 632291328<br>
Torrent:<br>
<a href="http://mirror.centos.org/centos/7/isos/x86_64/CentOS-7-x86_64-Minimal-15" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://mirror.centos.org/centos/7/isos/x86_64/CentOS-7-x86_64-Minimal-15</a><br>
11.torrent<br>
Sha256Sum:<br>
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* CentOS-7-x86_64-DVD-1511.iso<br>
Size: 4329570304<br>
Torrent:<br>
<a href="http://mirror.centos.org/centos/7/isos/x86_64/CentOS-7-x86_64-DVD-1511.t" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://mirror.centos.org/centos/7/isos/x86_64/CentOS-7-x86_64-DVD-1511.t</a><br>
orrent<br>
Sha256sum:<br>
907e5755f824c5848b9c8efbb484f3cd945e93faa024bad6ba875226f9683b16<br>
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* CentOS-7-x86_64-Everything-1511.iso<br>
Size: 7769948160<br>
Torrent:<br>
<a href="http://mirror.centos.org/centos/7/isos/x86_64/CentOS-7-x86_64-Everything" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://mirror.centos.org/centos/7/isos/x86_64/CentOS-7-x86_64-Everything</a><br>
- -1511.torrent<br>
Sha256Sum:<br>
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<br>
* CentOS-7-x86_64-LiveGNOME-1511.iso<br>
Size: 1211105280<br>
Torrent:<br>
<a href="http://mirror.centos.org/centos/7/isos/x86_64/CentOS-7-x86_64-LiveGNOME-" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://mirror.centos.org/centos/7/isos/x86_64/CentOS-7-x86_64-LiveGNOME-</a><br>
1511.torrent<br>
Sha256Sum:<br>
10dccb7c028d7afafbe1ade59dacf809edb3af2f24b1b69bafce9e6ec3c6ee17<br>
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* CentOS-7-x86_64-LiveKDE-1511.iso<br>
Size: 1784676352<br>
Torrent:<br>
<a href="http://mirror.centos.org/centos/7/isos/x86_64/CentOS-7-x86_64-LiveKDE-15" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://mirror.centos.org/centos/7/isos/x86_64/CentOS-7-x86_64-LiveKDE-15</a><br>
11.torrent<br>
Sha256Sum:<br>
ba9fed39d7e5398f4cd6b96497ba28da9979be12a4e0424d3030277d716c9e3f<br>
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<br>
The iso files are also available for direct download from<br>
<a href="http://mirror.centos.org/centos/7/isos/x86_64" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://mirror.centos.org/centos/7/isos/x86_64</a><br>
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The Docker container, Vagrant images, Cloud images and Atomic Host<br>
images are being prepared and will be released in the next few days.<br>
Look for an announcement posted to the centos-announce list for more<br>
information on availability for these in the coming days.<br>
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Special Interest Groups<br>
<br>
The CentOS Linux distribution is built, managed, and released by the<br>
CentOS Core SIG. In addition, we also have the following SIGs that are<br>
doing an amazing job expanding and building on the base Linux platform:<br>
<br>
* CentOS Alternative Architectures SIG is working on and testing<br>
CentOS Linux 7 for ARMv7 ( armhfp ), Aarch64 and i686 architectures to<br>
sync with the core CentOS Linux 7 (1511), derived from Red Hat<br>
Enterprise Linux 7.2. We hope to have these released in the coming<br>
days. Further to this work has been ongoing for PowerPC8 Little Endian<br>
and PowerPC Big Endian - we hope to have a Tech Preview installable<br>
tree available in the coming days for these as well. If you are<br>
interested in joining these efforts and helping with the larger<br>
community, please come and talk to us in the centos-devel list (<br>
<a href="https://lists.centos.org/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://lists.centos.org/</a> ).<br>
<br>
* Cloud SIG @ <a href="http://wiki.centos.org/SpecialInterestGroup/Cloud" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://wiki.centos.org/SpecialInterestGroup/Cloud</a> is<br>
working to deliver various cloud controller infrastructure including<br>
OpenStack. They have a fully functional, feature complete RDO stack<br>
now available for CentOS Linux 7/x86_64. You can enable OpenStack<br>
Liberty on your machine by running 'yum install<br>
centos-release-openstack-liberty'. This is a completely tested end to<br>
end content, as curated by the RDO Project.<br>
<br>
* Cloud Instance SIG @<br>
<a href="http://wiki.centos.org/SpecialInterestGroup/CloudInstance" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://wiki.centos.org/SpecialInterestGroup/CloudInstance</a> aims to<br>
deliver VM images for use in various cloud and virtualised ecosystems<br>
including AWS<br>
(<a href="https://aws.amazon.com/marketplace/seller-profile?id=16cb8b03-256e-4dde" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://aws.amazon.com/marketplace/seller-profile?id=16cb8b03-256e-4dde</a><br>
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) and Docker ( <a href="https://registry.hub.docker.com/_/centos/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://registry.hub.docker.com/_/centos/</a> ). We are<br>
working to add support for Microsoft Azure Cloud in the near future.<br>
<br>
* Virtualization SIG @<br>
<a href="http://wiki.centos.org/SpecialInterestGroup/Virtualization" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://wiki.centos.org/SpecialInterestGroup/Virtualization</a> includes<br>
upstream virtualization and hypervisor related projects including Xen<br>
<a href="http://www.xenproject.org" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.xenproject.org</a> ), oVirt ( <a href="http://www.ovirt.org/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.ovirt.org/</a> ), and<br>
Docker ( <a href="http://docker.io" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://docker.io</a> ). They also work to build and release<br>
support tools around these virtualization technologies. You can get<br>
started with oVirt node by running 'yum install<br>
centos-release-ovirt36' and the ev version of KVM is available via<br>
'yum install centos-release-qemu-ev'.<br>
<br>
* Storage SIG @ <a href="http://wiki.centos.org/SpecialInterestGroup/Storage" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://wiki.centos.org/SpecialInterestGroup/Storage</a><br>
includes the Gluster Project ( <a href="http://www.gluster.org/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.gluster.org/</a> ), Ceph<br>
(<a href="http://ceph.com" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://ceph.com</a> ), OpenAFS ( <a href="http://www.openafs.org" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.openafs.org</a> ) and the SCST<br>
project ( <a href="http://scst.sourceforge.net/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://scst.sourceforge.net/</a> ). Gluster builds for CentOS<br>
are now released into the main repos, and can be enabled with 'yum<br>
install centos-release-gluster37'<br>
<br>
* Software Collections SIG @<br>
<a href="http://wiki.centos.org/SpecialInterestGroup/SCLo" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://wiki.centos.org/SpecialInterestGroup/SCLo</a> is working on<br>
documenting and then delivering software collections built for newer<br>
versions of in-distro content. Their aim is to deliver a community and<br>
contributor friendly mechanism for SCL's in an easy to consume format.<br>
A large number of SCL's are now released and available on CentOS Linux<br>
7, you can get started with 'yum install centos-release-scl'.<br>
<br>
* Atomic SIG @ <a href="http://wiki.centos.org/SpecialInterestGroup/Atomic" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://wiki.centos.org/SpecialInterestGroup/Atomic</a> is<br>
working on building, maintaining, and delivering a CentOS Atomic host<br>
( <a href="http://projectatomic.io" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://projectatomic.io</a> ). Stable, testing and development builds<br>
including AWS EC2 instances and Vagrant boxes are now available at<br>
<a href="http://wiki.centos.org/SpecialInterestGroup/Atomic/Download" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://wiki.centos.org/SpecialInterestGroup/Atomic/Download</a>.<br>
<br>
In addition to these, the CentOS Artwork and CentOS Promo SIGs help<br>
with promo content and helping organise Dojos around the world.<br>
<br>
SIGs are a great way for people to come together and deliver content<br>
around a specific area into the wider CentOS ecosystem and we welcome<br>
groups to come together with low barriers to entry and plenty of<br>
resources to offer the groups. Details on the process can be found at<br>
<a href="http://wiki.centos.org/SpecialInterestGroup" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://wiki.centos.org/SpecialInterestGroup</a><br>
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Dojo<br>
<br>
We try and organise Dojos in various parts of the world as a one day<br>
event, to bring together people who use CentOS and others who are keen<br>
to learn about CentOS. The day's focus is on sharing technical<br>
knowledge and success stories. It's also a great place to meet and<br>
talk about upcoming technologies and learn how others are using them<br>
on CentOS Linux.<br>
<br>
Our next Dojo coming up is in Brussels, on the 29th Jan 2016. Details<br>
are posted at <a href="https://wiki.centos.org/Events/Dojo/Brussels2016" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://wiki.centos.org/Events/Dojo/Brussels2016</a> - note<br>
that only people who have registered for the event will be allowed to<br>
attend, and we have a limited number of slots open.<br>
<br>
In the coming months we hope to host events in London, Bangalore,<br>
Sweden, Germany, Spain, and in many parts of the USA. If you would<br>
like to help organise a Dojo, do drop by the centos-promo list at<br>
<a href="http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos-promo" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos-promo</a><br>
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Getting Help<br>
<br>
The CentOS ecosystem is sustained by community driven help and<br>
guidance. The best place to start for new users is at<br>
<a href="http://wiki.centos.org/GettingHelp" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://wiki.centos.org/GettingHelp</a><br>
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Contributors<br>
<br>
This release was made possible due to the hard work of many people,<br>
foremost on that list are the Red Hat Engineers for producing a great<br>
distribution, without them CentOS Linux would look very different.<br>
<br>
We are also looking for people to get involved with the QA process in<br>
CentOS, if you would like to join this please introduce yourself on<br>
the centos-devel list<br>
(<a href="http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos-devel" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos-devel</a> ).<br>
<br>
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Thanks<br>
<br>
I would also like to thank our donors and sponsors for their continued<br>
support for the project. And to everyone who contributed with ideas,<br>
code, test feedback, and promoting CentOS Linux into the ecosystem.<br>
<br>
Enjoy!<br>
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Karanbir Singh, Project Lead, The CentOS Project<br>
<a href="tel:%2B44-207-0094455" value="+442070094455">+44-207-0094455</a> | <a href="http://www.centos.org/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.centos.org/</a> | <a href="http://twitter.com/CentOS" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">twitter.com/CentOS</a><br>
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