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From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@FreeBSD.org>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: New 3.0-SNAP [was Re: infinite loop in sysinstall]
Date: Fri, 09 May 1997 05:12:34 -0700
Organization: Walnut Creek CDROM
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To: Louis Epstein <le@put.com>
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Louis Epstein wrote:
>
> 428,502,505...is three SNAPs in a week a record?
> 
> (I assume SNAP CD subscribers will only get 3.0 SNAPs now,even if there
> is a 2.2.x-SNAP release between RELENG and 2.2.5-RELEASE?)

Yes, it is a record and one which made me finally stop and think long
enough to realize that -current really just isn't ready to make
fully-installable releases out of yet, and all 3.0-SNAPs in progress are
hereby cancelled until further notice.  It's just not worth the trouble
right now and I'm going to go back and focus on the 2.2 branch for
awhile, preparing it for the next early summer release on that branch. 
In the interim, the folks who are busily at work in -current can
continue to make their radical changes to support some of our new
ambitions (SMP, ALPHA support, etc) without having me whining at them
about how I can't roll release bits from a rapidly moving target.
[I mean, like DUH! :)]

Oh, and to answer your other question, yes - the SNAP CD customers are
on the 3.0 branch now and will get their next CDs when 3.0 matures
enough to make a SNAP practical.
-- 
- Jordan Hubbard
  FreeBSD core team / Walnut Creek CDROM.