Date: Tue, 4 Apr 2000 23:54:36 -0700 From: Jim Mock <jim@luna.cdrom.com> To: Ben Smithurst <ben@scientia.demon.co.uk> Cc: Chris.Smith@raytheon.co.uk, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: What to expect in 3.5? Message-ID: <20000404235436.C486@luna.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: <20000403164452.F85754@strontium.scientia.demon.co.uk>; from ben@scientia.demon.co.uk on Mon, Apr 03, 2000 at 04:44:52PM %2B0100 References: <OF046595EC.428DA84E-ON802568B6.004079C4@raytheon.co.uk> <20000403164452.F85754@strontium.scientia.demon.co.uk>
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On Mon, 03 Apr 2000 at 16:44:52 +0100, Ben Smithurst wrote: > Chris.Smith@raytheon.co.uk wrote: > > > What are we likely to see extra in 3.5, as I'm not touching the 4 > > branch until it's 4.1? > > Not much, AFAIK. It's only being released because it was promised, and > there won't be a 3.5 CD. The idea is that if 3.5 were released on CD > and publicised, people (read: Linux users) would spread endless amounts > of FUD like "FreeBSD 4 can't be stable or they wouldn't be releasing > 3.5". It will be mostly fixes in the 3.X branch (which will be in 3.X-STABLE as well) and possibly a few new things, but as Ben pointed out, there's not going to be a whole lot that's new since 4.X is the new -STABLE branch. As for the reason for not putting it on CD, there's really no need to do so. 4.1-R will be coming out around the same time, and there are way more people who will want that than 3.5. The original plan was to only send 4.0-R to subscribers who requested it, but in the end it was stable enough to send to everyone. If we pressed 3.5 CDs and shipped them to the subscribers along with 4.1 CDs, it be a total waste of money since most of them would end up as coasters because everyone will be using 4.X. (I think you get the point, I'll stop rambling.) > I suggest you get rid of your fears about 4.x. It's called -STABLE > for a reason, you know. Bingo :-) - jim -- - jim mock - walnut creek cdrom/freebsd test labs - jim@luna.cdrom.com - - phone: 1.925.691.2800 x.3814 - fax: 1.925.674.0821 - jim@FreeBSD.org - - editor - The FreeBSDzine - www.freebsdzine.org - jim@freebsdzine.org - To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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