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From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@FreeBSD.org>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: 2.2 kernel reports RELEASE
Date: Thu, 19 Dec 1996 18:30:41 -0800
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H. Jared Agnew wrote:
>   I have a few questions, the first is, why does 2.2's kernel report it as
> RELEASE?  Is this a mistake, or because it will be an easy transition?

It's lying, but this close to the actual release date (a month away)
there's no point in changing it back.

>   The second question is when 2.2 is eventually released, will the ctm delta's
> be available all the way through, or will one have to get all the source?

There will be an unbroken stream of 2.2 branch CTM deltas available all
the way, yes.

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- Jordan Hubbard
  President, FreeBSD Project