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Date: 21 May 1997 04:48:00 +0100
From: chrimek@rimki.toppoint.de (Christoph Rimek)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc
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Subject: Re: What are the "new" things in 1.2.1
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Hello

In article <87hgg5y8um.fsf@jekyll.piermont.com>, perry (perry@jekyll.piermont.com) wrote:

> >
> > 1.2.1 is a bugfix release for 1.2. It is worth upgrading only if
> > you have some stability problems with your 1.2 system, or
> > unsupported (or not well supported) hardware, or if you care about
> > security.
>
> Not *quite* true. There are some significant security fixes, and
> there was a very important fix that improves VM performance a lot.
>
> However, you are correct -- its simply a bugfix release, nothing
> more. 1.3 will be the next "major" release.


Yesterday I had another look to the server and now there is a file CHANGES
that explains the new things. The most important things for me are the
new (actual) sendmail version 8.8.5 and the NIS server stuff, so I think
I will upgrade our mailserver next weekend.

Thanks to all those who answered
-cr
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Christoph Rimek, Kiel, Germany  (+49 431 57601)      chrimek@toppoint.de