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From: jca@bighorn.accessnv.com (J.C. Archambeau)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Walnut Creek CDROMs behind times
Date: 15 Dec 1996 22:50:54 GMT
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Eugene Radchenko (genie@org.chem.msu.su) wrote:
: J Wunsch <j@uriah.heep.sax.de> wrote in article
: <58ssov$jti@uriah.heep.sax.de>...
: > > 	-mi (who is afraid the 2.1.6 CDROM will
: > > 	     show up after 2.2 is FTPable)
: > 
: > This is not unlikely at all.  If FreeBSD 2.2 is something for you,
: > then FreeBSD 2.1.6 most likely isn't.  While making the schedules for
: > 2.1.6 and 2.2, we even thought about releasing both at the same point
: > in time, and asking Walnut Creek to release them as a 4 CD version.
: > (It only didn't happen since 2.1.6 proved to be a little less work to
: > get it ready than 2.2 turned out to be now.)  Both releases are
: > targeted for a very different set of users.

: Now again, who are the intended users of RELEASE edition? I, personally,
: have been quite happy with 2.1R (nothing like dozens of users, though).
: Will 2.2R be as stable or I should wait for 2.2-stable?

I'm still waiting for Walnut Creek to come out with the 2.1.6 CD-ROM.
I have sent at least 3 e-mails to them asking for a release date and
I still haven't gotten a response.  There's no point in buying 2.1.5
when it's going to be outdated at any time.
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