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From: sastdr@torpid.unx.sas.com (Thomas David Rivers)
Subject: Re: FreeBSD-1.1-Release
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Date: Thu, 14 Apr 1994 13:11:06 GMT
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In article <2oig3g$edd$1@perth.dialix.oz.au> datacrft@perth.DIALix.oz.au (Datacraft Technology) writes:
>Is anybody out there with access to the patches which fix all known bugs in
>1.1-BETA? If YES can you please post the patches or make them available via
>FTP. If all else fails could you please mail me the patches.
>
>USL effectively forces the {Free,Net}BSD teams to rewrite big sections of
>the code and/or wait for BSD4.4 lite. I expect a long period of instability
>as a result. For those like me who actually do productive work with *BSD
>this is not acceptable. I'm currently running NetBSD-0.9-release and am
>reasonably happy with it. Unless I get hold of the patches which fix the
>bugs in Net-2 based FreeBSD-1.1-BETA I won't upgrade for a long long time.
>
>Tibor Sashegyi
>

 A deal is being negotiated with USL (or actually, has been) which
 should allow for a 1.1 Release.

 I would expect to see some sort of discussion about this soon in the
 386bsd.announce group...

 My point it; the aforementioned instability shouldn't materialize; 
 things *should* go well... Hold your breath; it should be soon.


	- Dave Rivers -
	(sastdr@unx.sas.com (work))
	(ponds!rivers@dg-rtp.dg.com)

p.s. Jordan Hubbard will probably be coming forward with details at the
     right time.


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