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Date:      Thu, 30 Dec 1999 12:08:20 -0800
From:      Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net>
To:        Jonathon McKitrick <jcm@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: freebsd release numbers
Message-ID:  <19991230120820.B25831@orion.ac.hmc.edu>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.9912301613590.91163-100000@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>; from jcm@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org on Thu, Dec 30, 1999 at 04:14:41PM %2B0000
References:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.9912301613590.91163-100000@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>

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On Thu, Dec 30, 1999 at 04:14:41PM +0000, Jonathon McKitrick wrote:
> 
> why did the numbering system change from 3 parts to 2?  I.E. from 2.x.y to
> 3.x?

The change was announced in Jordan's "State of the Union, 1999" post to
-announce under the heading "Release Numbering". You can find this
message at the huge URL listed below:

http://docs.freebsd.org/cgi/getmsg.cgi?fetch=2157+0+archive/1999/freebsd-announce/19990101.freebsd-announce

-- Brooks

-- 
"Those who desire to give up freedom in order to gain security, will not
have, nor do they deserve, either one"
                                           --Thomas Jefferson 


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