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Xref: sserve comp.os.linux.misc:11350 comp.unix.bsd:13638 Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.unix.bsd Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!pipex!sunic!trane.uninett.no!eunet.no!EU.net!relay.puug.pt!matuc2.mat.uc.pt!gabriel!rps From: rps@gabriel (Rui Pedro Mendes Salgueiro) Subject: Re: 4.4BSD-Lite (Was: BSD vs. Linux) Message-ID: <1994Mar21.132237.1995@mat.uc.pt> Followup-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.unix.bsd Sender: usenet@mat.uc.pt (USENET News System / posting) Reply-To: rps@mat.uc.pt Organization: Dep. Matematica Universidade de Coimbra X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL0] References: <2lqdmn$153@pdq.coe.montana.edu> <DHOLLAND.94Mar13163925@husc7.harvard.edu> <2m2kem$f29@mhaau.inhouse.compuserve.com> <1994Mar15.231819.6874@alw.nih.gov> Date: Mon, 21 Mar 1994 13:22:37 GMT Lines: 22 James W. Adams (jwa@yog-sothoth.dcrt.nih.gov) wrote: : All this hoopla over 4.4BSD-Lite has me a bit confused. According to : the release announcement letter for 4.4BSD-Alpha, 4.4 Lite was to be : essentially Net-2 with bug fixes, some enhancements and support for : additional architectures, with no new kernel files and only a few : additional programs. Most of the real improvements in 4.4BSD were in : the kernel interfaces and filesystems, code which the letter distinctly : implied would *not* be in 4.4 Lite. : Has this situation changed, or am I correct in assuming that the change : in BSDI from Net-2 to 4.4-Lite will result in minimal functional : benefit? In the releases notes for BSD/386 1.1: "Futures: BSD 4.4-Lite, including new filesystems features and performance" -- Rui Salgueiro | Dpt. de Matematica |"In my life / Why do I smile rps@mat.uc.pt | Universidade de Coimbra | at people who I'd much rather rps@inescc.pt | Portugal - Europe | kick in the eye" - Morrissey