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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!howland.erols.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!raven.eva.net!bighorn.accessnv.com!jca 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 Organization: Access Nevada Inc. Lines: 31 Message-ID: <591vce$4di@raven.eva.net> References: <57u2s8$9ac@news.ziplink.net> <58ssov$jti@uriah.heep.sax.de> <01bbea9f$1d190820$6330fa9e@org-qsar2.chem.msu.su> NNTP-Posting-Host: bighorn.accessnv.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:32661 Eugene Radchenko (genie@org.chem.msu.su) wrote: : J Wunsch <j@uriah.heep.sax.de> wrote in article : <58ssov$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 There's no point in buying 2.1.5 when it's going to be outdated at any time. -- /* ** Internet: jca@accessnv.com | Don't blame me, I didn't vote for Clinton. ** jca@anv.net | Intel is the word for 'errata.' *************************************************************************** ** Note: Please direct all unsolicited commercial e-mail (Spam) to the ** special account postmaster@accessnv.com. Thank you. *************************************************************************** */