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From: andreas@klemm.gtn.com (Andreas Klemm)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Why choose 2.1.7 ??
Date: 15 Mar 1997 20:39:05 GMT
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[Posted and mailed]

In article <01bc310c$e9177b10$214f96cd@reality>,
	"Kurt Schafer" <kschafer@cyberbeach.net> writes:
> Currently, it appears that there are three branches for FreeBSD
> developement, namely the 2.1 branch, the 3.0 branch and the various 2.2
> offerings.
> 
> When released, will there be any significant reasons for choosing 2.1.7
> over 2.2 ? ie, will 2.2 be the 'latest and greatest' release along the 2.x
> branch or are there fundamental differences between 2.1.x and 2.2 ?

FreeBSD 2.1.7		rock solid system for ,production machines'
FreeBSD 2.2		[ the former -current ] latest and greatest,
			new drivers and features.
			Ok for home environment, developers and
			the ,impatient' ;-)
			Expect bugfixes and a later 2.2.1, which 
			becomes ,stable' as 2.1.7 is.
FreeBSD 3.0		is the new -current.

> And how about 3.0 ? I've loaded up a few snapshots and it seems great. Is
> there an estimated release date on that ?

Well, if it works for you and you like it, get it ! But face the
fact, that -current is a developer release, which might go into 
an unstable state from time to time, if big changes are merged 
into the source tree. Look at the FreeBSD Handbook, which describes
that in detail. (http://www.freebsd.org/).

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