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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!howland.erols.net!newsxfer.itd.umich.edu!uunet!in3.uu.net!165.254.2.53!nonexistent.com!not-for-mail From: le@put.com (Louis Epstein) Subject: Re: New 3.0-SNAP [was Re: infinite loop in sysinstall] X-Newsreader: TIN [UNIX 1.3 950824BETA PL0] X-Complaints-To: Email abuse@news2.new-york.net if this posting is inappropriate Lines: 32 Organization: Putnam Internet Services Message-ID: <E9xKAH.IBJ@nonexistent.com> References: <5kije3$7ke$2@news9.gte.net> <336D27CA.167EB0E7@FreeBSD.org> <slrn5mupgs.1mq.pavanas@nomina.ccia.com> <33714FFB.446B9B3D@FreeBSD.org> <E9vwLD.EFz@nonexistent.com> <337314B2.15FB7483@FreeBSD.org> X-Trace: 863208951 18066 le [165.254.191.2] X-Nntp-Posting-Host: main.put.com Date: Fri, 9 May 1997 20:15:53 GMT Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:40653 Jordan K. Hubbard (jkh@FreeBSD.org) wrote: : 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. ALPHA support? Will FreeBSD-x86 and FreeBSD-DEC ALPHA be separately released then? As far as SMP goes,I see you have plans for a four processor version, and know Intel has been involved with massively parallel supercomputing; will FreeBSD one day be able to handle mainframes and supers and drive the "unfree" OS people out of business? : 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. So this will be a while...209 and 505 have been CDed for them I guess?