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From: le@put.com (Louis Epstein)
Subject: Re: is 2.2-961014 bugfree? or when is 2.2.0?
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Date: Sun, 27 Oct 1996 02:48:27 GMT

Kevin at Freeside Support (kevintx@freeside.fc.net) wrote:
: How stable/bugfree is the 2.2-961014-SNAP system?  Should it be used by a
: production machine or would I be better off with just 2.1.5-RELEASE (even
: though it lacks some of the fixes/niceties that have gone into 2.2)?
: 
: How far is FreeBSD from putting out 2.2.0-RELEASE?  With 2.2 so far along
: in development, it would be worth waiting a little while to go with that..

FreeBSD 2.2.0-RELEASE is now expected by spring,it's been pushed back.
In the meantime there will apparently be a 2.1.6-RELEASE at yearend or
so,which will be longer on fixes and shorter on niceties than 2.2.
Certainly stabler than you should expect of a SNAP.