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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.Hawaii.Edu!news.uoregon.edu!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!howland.erols.net!news.mathworks.com!uunet!in2.uu.net!news2.new-york.net!main.put.com!not-for-mail From: le@put.com (Louis Epstein) Subject: Re: is 2.2-961014 bugfree? or when is 2.2.0? X-Newsreader: TIN [UNIX 1.3 950824BETA PL0] X-Nntp-Posting-User: le Lines: 28 Organization: Putnam Internet Services Message-ID: <E097q6.3x9@news2.new-york.net> References: <54tp9b$7eb@villa.fc.net> <DzwyGr.Fr@news2.new-york.net> X-Trace: 846956265/29425 X-Nntp-Posting-Host: main.put.com Date: Sat, 2 Nov 1996 17:39:41 GMT J Wunsch (j@uriah.heep.sax.de) wrote: : le@put.com (Louis Epstein) wrote: : : (FreeBSD 2.2R) : : > "by spring" seems a safe way of conveying the "1st quarter '97" mentioned : > on the website.Of course,the Website says 2.2 will be the next release, : > 2.1.6 is a maybe,last I knew Jordan was saying 2.1.6 would be a full, : > CD-ROM-subscribed release version,and will presumably precede 2.2.0. : : By the time of this writing, the CVS tree tagging for the RELENG_2_2_0 : branch has just finished... which means, the finalization of 2.2R has : now been moved off the main development line. Only minor modificat- : ions are being expected before the alpha and beta stages will happen. : (Well, 2.2 already had a fairly long beta stage by now, and it was in : big danger to become ``the longest beta cycle of the world''. :-) : : > 2.1.6 seems likely to be stabler than 2.2R,and is thus likelier for me : : Yes. People like you are those who 2.1.6 is targeted for. : : > as an upgrade to the 2.1R I run my ISP on.(2.2.6,when it comes...) : : 2.2.6 is not very likely at all. Well,what will the second lower-order revision of 2.2R be called? I know 2.1.1 was renamed 2.1.5 and is now to be followed up... what comes after 2.2.1?