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From: le@put.com (Louis Epstein)
Subject: Re: When is 2.2R due out?
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Date: Sat, 18 May 1996 19:29:36 GMT

Andreas Klemm (andreas@knobel.gun.de) wrote:
: In article <DqoIwz.2KC@news2.new-york.net>,
: 	le@put.com (Louis Epstein) writes:
: 
: >Well,the earlier query said that 2.2 was already due out by the end of this
: >summer(Septemberish)...it's been almost six months since 2.1R hit the FTP
: >sites,so if there is an every-six-months frequency,one would expect 2.1.1
: >to be imminent,and 2.2 not to be with us until near year-end...
: 
: Louis, if you are impatient, then subscribe to the FreeBSD 2.2
: snap release CD, that gives you access to the full CVS repository.
: The latest is just out. The CD ships immediately after your 
: order via WWW.

Not particularly impatient,just looking to understand the schedule.
I run an ISP and want things with their kinks worked out,so am more
concerned with 2.1.1's apparent slippage.

(I just got the promo on SNAP CD subscriptions today...)
 
: After that you are able to checkout the -current tree and
: to setup your system to receive CVS repository updates via
: e-mail on a daily basis. So you can get day for day new
: wonderful changes and you are directly on the way to 2.2.0.
: 
: So do I and I'm very satisfied with this method. Doing a 
: make world every now and then updates your OS to the newest
: release.

But doesn't this lose you your own recompiles?
I've enabled 12-character UserIDs on my system,
wouldn't want the default 8 coming back every
time.I expect my upgrades to be stable release
versions.