Red Hat Application Server *Beta 2* Availability Announcement

Red Hat is pleased to announce the general availability of Red Hat 
Application Server v1.0 *Beta 2*.  

This is a public beta.  Please feel free to forward this announcement 
to anyone within or outside your organization who may be interested 
in testing this beta release.

Red Hat Application Server is a key component of the Open Source
Architecture, a roadmap for the open source technologies and
capabilities Red Hat and its partners will be building in the
future--spanning the operating system, middleware, applications, 
and management tools. 

Red Hat Application Server includes:
 - Tomcat 4.1.29, an open source implementation of the Java(TM)
	Servlet 2.3 and JavaServer Pages(TM) 1.2 technologies.
 - Struts 1.1, a framework for building web applications
 - JOnAS 3.3.6, an open source application server for standard
	middleware environments, with web-based administration.
 - Sample JOnAS and Struts web applications.
 - Supporting modules for file uploads, communication protocols
	and build system requirements

You can find the Release Notes and a complete package list and 
FAQ for  Red Hat Application Server v1.0 Beta 2 at: 

http://people.redhat.com/patrickm/rhaps-beta2

Where there are differences between the Release Notes in the 
release and those at the above URL, the one at this URL takes
precedence.

This announcement includes details on obtaining the beta software, 
reporting bugs, and communicating with Red Hat and other testers
via mailing lists during the beta period.  

Red Hat Application Server v1.0 Beta 2 is available for the following 
architectures:
 - x86 (i686/Athlon)
 - ia64 (Intel Itanium2)
 - ppc (IBM iSeries and pSeries)

Current features, packages, and naming are subject to change before 
the final release.

The Red Hat Application Server development team would like to encourage 
you to test this release in non-production environments and provide 
feedback via the mechanisms described below.  This is pre-release
quality code, and Red Hat makes no guarantees as to performance,
stability, or compatibility across beta releases.  Please run
this in non-production environments only.   Red Hat will not support
upgrades from one beta release to another, nor from beta to 
official released products.

Red Hat Application Server v1.0 Beta 2 is available for download via
FTP and Red Hat Network. PostgreSQL server, recommended for use with
JOnAS, is also available in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 Extras on 
Red Hat Network.

FTP Availability
----------------

The installable binary ISO images (RHEL3-RHAPS-beta1-*.iso),
for each architecture are available at:

http://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/beta/taroon/en/iso/

RPM packages and source RPMs are available at:

http://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/beta/taroon/en/RHAPS/

They may also be available from the usual mirror sites.

Red Hat Network Availability and Updates
----------------------------------------

RPM and source RPM packages for Red Hat Application Server v1.0 Beta 2 
are available via Red Hat Network to all RHN Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 
users with paid subscriptions at:
  
https://rhn.redhat.com

Installable binary and source ISO images for the architectures listed 
above are available via Red Hat Network at:

https://rhn.redhat.com/network/software/download_isos.pxt

The release notes at http://people.redhat.com/patrickm/rhaps-beta2/
include instructions for installation of this beta software.

During the beta period, we may also supply updated packages
on Red Hat Network.  While these updates are not subjected to as much 
system testing as our release milestones, they enable you to 
immediately test against more recent package builds that may resolve 
bugs and issues, rather than requiring you to wait until the next full 
milestone release.  

Help on installing packages using Red Hat Network is available at:

http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/RHNetwork/ref-guide/2.8/sm-channels-packages.html

Help on using the up2date tool is available at:

http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/RHNetwork/ref-guide/2.8/up2date-setup.html

General help on using Red Hat Network is available at:

http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/RHNetwork/ref-guide/

Bug Reporting
-------------

To ensure accurate tracking and follow-up, all bugs should be reported
using Bugzilla at:

http://bugzilla.redhat.com

We have created a public release category 'Red Hat Application Server 
Public Beta' for this early access program.  Please use version
"1.0-beta2" as the version for all bugs filed against this milestone
release.

Mailing List
-------------

Red Hat has created a public mailing list for general discussion 
of the Red Hat Application Server v1.0 Beta releases.

To subscribe to rhaps-beta-list, send mail to:

  [email protected]

with
  
  subscribe

in the subject line. You can leave the body empty. Or see:

  https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rhaps-beta-list/

Other Information and Feedback
------------------------------

Documentation, including Release Notes, a package list, and FAQ can be 
found at:

http://people.redhat.com/patrickm/rhaps-beta2

While we encourage you to submit bug reports through Bugzilla and to 
participate in mailing list discussions as described above, you can also
send feedback on the Red Hat Application Server v 1.0 beta to:

  [email protected]

Thanks for your interest in testing Red Hat Application Server v1.0
Beta 2!

Sincerely,

The Red Hat Application Server Team

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