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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/src/relnotes/relnotes.xml,v 1.2 2003/12/31 22:24:16 zhen Exp $ -->
<!DOCTYPE guide SYSTEM "/dtd/guide.dtd">

<guide link="releng.xml">
<title>##ARCH Release Notes for Gentoo Linux ##RELEASE</title>

<author title="Author">
 <mail link="zhen@gentoo.org">John Davis</mail>
</author>

<author title="##ARCH Release Manager">
	<mail link="##EMAIL">##NAME</mail>
</author>

<abstract>
Gentoo ##RELEASE Release Notes
</abstract>

<license/>

<version>##RELEASE</version>
<date>##RELEASE_DATE</date>

<chapter>
	<title>The Gentoo Linux Project</title>
	<section>
		<title>Overview</title>
		<body>
			<p>Gentoo Linux is a community driven project commited to producing
			high quality opensource software. These release notes for Gentoo Linux ##RELEASE
			summarize important package updates, security updates, and many other changes
			that have happened since the last release up until ##RELEASE. </p>
		</body>
	</section>

	<section>
		<title>Table of Contents</title>
		<body>
		<ul>
			<li>1. Overview</li>
			<li>2. Important Changes</li>
			<li>	2.1 Security Updates</li>
			<li>	2.2 Errata</li>
			<li>	2.3 Critical Package Updates</li>
			<li>	2.4 Portage Updates</li>
			<li>	2.5 Userland Updates</li>
			<li>	2.6 Documentation Updates</li>
			<li>3. Upgrading from previous versions of Gentoo Linux</li>
		</ul>

		</body>
	</section>
</chapter>

<chapter>
	<title>Important Changes for ##RELEASE</title>
	<section>
		<title>Security Updates</title>
		<body>
			<p>List GLSAs here in table format using the provided template, 
				ordering them most recent to oldest. </p>
		</body>
	</section>

	<section>
		<title>Errata</title>
		<body>
			<p>In paragraph form, list and describe any errata here.</p>
		</body>
	</section>

	<section>
		<title>Critical Package Updates</title>
		<body>
			<p>List versions included in this release of the following packages:</p>

			<ul>
				<li>gcc</li>
				<li>glibc</li>
				<li>kernels</li>
				<li>portage</li>
				<li>xfree</li>
				<li>KDE</li>
				<li>GNOME</li>
				<li>xfce4 (for 2004.0)</li>
			</ul>

			<p>Feel free to list any other packages that you deem important enough to list.</p>
		</body>
	</section>

	<section>
		<title>Portage Updates</title>
		<body>
			<p>This section will probably be relatively the same across all arches. Although,
			always check with the Portage team to make absolutely sure that this is the case. </p>
		</body>
	</section>

	<section>
		<title>Userland Updates</title>
		<body>
			<p>Descibe any userland updates and improvements, such as arch specific scripts,
				gentoo scripts, etc. Basically, anything that improves the "Gentoo user experience"
				belongs here.</p>
		</body>
	</section>

	<section>
		<title>Documentation Updates</title>
		<body>
			<p>Include you own team's documentation changes, and make sure to get in touch with
			the documentation team to get their changes too. For 2004.0, make sure to mention the
			handbook! </p>
		</body>
	</section>
	
</chapter>

<chapter>
	<title>Upgrading from previous versions of Gentoo Linux</title>
	<section>
		<title>Upgrading to Gentoo Linux ##RELEASE</title>
		<body>
			<p>Its your show arch leads - just make sure to emphasize that the user
				does *not* need to reinstall their system to "upgrade" to ##RELEASE;
				all that the user will have to do is an "emerge sync; emerge -u world".
			</p>
		</body>
	</section>
</chapter>

</guide>