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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.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!worldnet.att.net!news.mathworks.com!uunet!in1.uu.net!165.254.2.53!nonexistent.com!not-for-mail From: le@put.com (Louis Epstein) Subject: Re: 2.1.6 CDROM? X-Newsreader: TIN [UNIX 1.3 950824BETA PL0] X-Nntp-Posting-User: le Lines: 22 Organization: Putnam Internet Services Message-ID: <E3poro.K01@nonexistent.com> References: <5abl3p$g91@netaxs.com> <32D1B024.41C67EA6@FreeBSD.org> <32D3AC7D.6045@onramp.net> X-Trace: 852763810/24338 X-Nntp-Posting-Host: main.put.com Date: Wed, 8 Jan 1997 22:50:12 GMT Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:33829 Dave Littell (dlittell@onramp.net) wrote: : Jordan K. Hubbard wrote: : > : > A. Karl Heller wrote: : > > : > > I was wondering if anybody has gotten the 2.1.6 pressing of FreeBSD? : > > I havn't received it yet. : > : > It hasn't shipped. I have absolutely no idea when it will ship, so : > please don't ask. Maybe January, maybe February, maybe not at all since : > if it gets delayed much longer, I'm simply going to ask Walnut Creek : > CDROM to kill it. 4 months after network release is simply too long, : > and 2.2 will be out by then. : > : : Please don't kill the CDROM release of 2.1.6. Based on your discussion : of 2.2 vs. 2.1.6 (being the last and most stable of the 2.1-era : releases) we decided to use 2.1.6 on a development project and would : really rather have it available on CDROM. I agree...even if it only goes to subscribers,it should be made available on CDROM given its different user market from 2.2!