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   From : Dennis Clarke
          Director Blastwave.org
          dclarke at blastwave dot org

   Date : Tue Jun 28 17:46:48 CEST 2005

   Blastwave now has  1633  software  packages  in  the  stable  and
   unstable  directory  tree.  We  feel that it is time to move this
   project to a quarterly release structure in which a  snapshot  of
   the unstable tree will be taken every 90 days. This snapshot will
   be based on packages that have  had  bug  reports  addressed  and
   every  reasonable  effort  will be made to ensure a high level of
   quality and stability.

   This first quarterly release shall be called  "CSW-2005-07"  and
   it  is  located  under  the  stable  tree  of  the  CSW  software
   directory. This "CSW-2005-07" release will contain 1078  software
   packages for Solaris on both Sparc and on x86 architecture. It is
   3.65 GB in size and once the release is opened to  the  Blastwave
   mirror  servers  then  you will have the opportunity to edit your
   pkg-get.conf file such that your system will  only  use  software
   from  that  release  or  you  may continue to use the continually
   changing "unstable" directory tree. We feel  that  this  approach
   will allow you, the Solaris user, to have more control and choice
   over your software options. You may choose to run with KDE  3.3.1
   and GNOME 2.8.1 from the "CSW-2005-07" release or you may want to
   step up to  the  most  recent  releases.  Please  select  one  as
   switching  back  and forth from unstable to stable will result in
   highly unpredictable behavior.

   As always we at Blastwave are happy and proud  to  deliver  this
   service to Solaris users on both Sparc and x86. We want to ensure
   that you have  a  easy  to  use  experience  with  the  Blastwave
   software project and that you have choices.

   The HOWTO http://www.blastwave.org/howto.html will be updated to
   reflect these new changes and the actual Release of the software
   is scheduled for sometime after Fri Jul 1 2005 and we expect that
   time will be required for mirrors to sync.

   Please stay tuned to the Blastwave website for  further  updates
   and documentation as required.

   Phil Brown                            James Lee
   Director Software Operations          Stable Software Manager
   phil at blastwave dot org             james at blastwave dot org