Date: Sun, 9 Jun 2002 18:10:47 -0500 From: Chip Norkus <wd@arpa.com> To: Danny Horne <danny@clifftop.net> Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Curious about release schedule Message-ID: <20020609181047.A28042@arpa.com> In-Reply-To: <AAECJADGHMJFJLKCHNJDMEDBDJAA.danny@clifftop.net>; from danny@clifftop.net on Sun, Jun 09, 2002 at 11:53:03PM %2B0100 References: <AAECJADGHMJFJLKCHNJDMEDBDJAA.danny@clifftop.net>
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On Sun Jun 09, 2002; 11:53PM +0100 Danny Horne propagated the following: > Hi all, > > Apologies if this isn't the right group, but I'm curious as to why there's a > version 4.8 of FreeBSD being released more than 2 months after version 5 has > been released. A lot of people (myself included) tend to be reluctant to change major versions right away, especially on point-oh releases. The 4.x tree is, therefore, maintained for a certain period until 5.x is deemed "stable enough" for everyone to use. The same thing was done with 3.x/4.x when 4.x was very new. This ensures that people aren't left behind, and are given ample time to let the newest version settle before moving to it without relegating their systems to "unmaintained" in the interrim. I would imagine (though I'm not in a position to say) that there will also be a 4.10, and that it will be the last of the 4.x series, while 5.x is ironed out. > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.370 / Virus Database: 205 - Release Date: 05/06/2002 > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message -wd -- chip norkus; unix geek and programmer; wd@arpa.com "question = (to) ? be : !be;" --Shakespeare http://telekinesis.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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