[sles-beta] [ANNOUNCE] SLES 12 SP2 Beta 3 is available

[Stefan Behlert]

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Dear Beta participants,

we are happy to announce the third Beta of

	SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2.

ISO images are now available for download now. Please go to
http://www.novell.com/beta and select "View my beta page".
Here you should see all Beta's you are part of.

Note that the directory contains the images for the SDK as well as for SLES.

We offer 3 DVD ISOs: DVD1 contains the binaries, the second
DVD the sources and the third DVD the debuginfo packages. 
The final product will not contain the debuginfo packages on the media.

For installation purposes you just need Media 1 for your architecture.

Please verify the sha256sum of the ISO using the SHA256SUMS file, which can
be found in the same directory on the download servers.



Known issues:
  * Registration is not working with your regular SLE key, special regcode is required

  * migration from a previous product can still require manual interaction,
    depending on packages installed

  * on ppc64le, the kernel-devel release number differs from the kernel-default
    release number, resulting in an error when trying to install it.



With this Beta3 snapshot we have reached several milestones:
    o Milestone: All SLE12 SP2 features have been functionally tested.
    o Milestone: All new/updated device drivers have been tested.
    o Continue install and functional tests.
    o Continue update, performance and regression tests.
    o Continue system test.
    o Start first stress and certification tests.

For the next Beta-Release we are targetting these actions and milestones:
    o Milestone: All features are verified to work.
    o Milestone: All updated device drivers are verified and proven to be stable
    o Milestone: System test completed.
    o Milestone: Legal review of SLE12 SP2 contents completed.
    o Fix problems found during update, performance or certification tests.
    o Run intense stress and certification tests.
    o Fix critical and blocker bugs.



Thanks in advance for all your testing

	Your SUSE Linux Enterprise Team
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Stefan Behlert, SUSE LINUX
Release Manager Enterprise Server
 
Maxfeldstr. 5, D-90409 Nuernberg, Germany
Phone +49-911-74053-173
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