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From: Matthew White <mwhite@cs.columbia.edu>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: FBSD Future...
Date: Tue, 15 Oct 1996 06:14:14 -0400
Organization: Columbia University Department of Computer Science
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Jordan K. Hubbard wrote:
> If we released 2.2 in December it'd serious make WC's Christmas, but
> it's simply not goingto be ready in time (with the level of polish we
> or our users are expecting) and so we (the project) have pushed it into
> Q1 of 1997.
> 
> It's late, we know it's late, but better late than a sub-standard
> replacement for 2.1.x, which is what 2.2 is supposed to be.  In the
> meantime, I'll keep releasing 2.2-SNAPs for those who need the latest
> bits in fully installable form.

Any word on whether the first iteration on the SMP stuff is gonna make
it into 2.2?


-Matt

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Matt White
Dept of Computer Science	mwhite@cs.columbia.edu
Columbia University		http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~mwhite