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To: Joseph Stein <joes@seaport.net>
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Subject: Re: Final notice: 2.2 branch code freeze is coming up. 
In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 30 Sep 1997 18:43:22 PDT."
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Date: Tue, 30 Sep 1997 19:32:42 -0700
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From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com>
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That's actually a pretty good idea - I'll do that during the BETA
period no matter what we decide. ;)

					Jordan

> > So, this all sort of raises the very obvious question and that is
> > "Just what the heck is an official 2.2.5-BETA release good for if it's
> > only going to be rendered essentially obsolete 24 hours later when the
> > 2.2 SNAP server cranks out another full release?  Why not just point
> > at the 2.2.5-971001-RELENG snapshot and say "There, that's the BETA.
> > Testers, please start your engines!" 
> 
> So, you call the releases at releng22.freebsd.org
> 
> 2.2.5-971001-BETA
> 
> ??
> 
> My $.02
> 
> joe