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+Subject: ANNOUNCE: mdadm 1.5.0 - A tool for managing Soft RAID under Linux
+
+
+I am pleased to announce the availability of
+ mdadm version 1.5.0
+It is available at
+ http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~neilb/source/mdadm/
+and
+ http://www.{countrycode}.kernel.org/pub/utils/raid/mdadm/
+
+as a source tar-ball and (at the first site) as an SRPM, and as an RPM for i386.
+
+mdadm is a tool for creating, managing and monitoring
+device arrays using the "md" driver in Linux, also
+known as Software RAID arrays.
+
+Release 1.5.0 adds:
+ - new command "mdassemble" for use in initrd/initramfs.
+ - raid6 support (for 2.6.2 and later kernels)
+ - RebuildFinished event in monitor mode.
+ - include rebuild status in --detail output.
+ - fixes for assorted compilation problems
+
+Development of mdadm is sponsored by CSE@UNSW:
+ The School of Computer Science and Engineering
+at
+ The University of New South Wales
+
+NeilBrown 22 Jan 2004