Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2001 05:43:00 +0100 From: "Mark Hughes" <mark@dvdnews.co.uk> To: "S.A.R." <Aloha@operamail.com>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Where is 4.4 ? Message-ID: <02cd01c13c0e$a3fd26d0$0200a8c0@mark2> References: <3BBEF295@operamail.com>
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> I'm dying here I want to get 4.4 for my business, where is > it and, the fact that on the 'Release Section' link you guys DON'T even > mention it to the public, as to the problems with the past due date on this > release, hey it would be nice if you guys when inform the public, us > people who use this, to know what's going on so we can be better managed? > Thank you, please reply someone ASAP so I can figure out whats going on > here ?? Er.....calm down! Okay, so the release has slipped a few days - the people working on this are volunteers working in their own time, and are aiming to make 4.4-RELEASE as stable and bug free as is realistically possible. Would you rather have the code on a set day or have it bug free? A CVSup'd version of FreeBSD, taken from the -STABLE branch, will be the very latest stable code available, so if it's so critical for you to deploy then do so now using 4.3-RELEASE and then CVSup - there will be no major feature changes (in fact, other than slight bux fixes, there will be no changes whatsoever, if I understand the code freeze process correctly) between the current -STABLE branch and the 4.4-RELEASE snapshot whenever it happens. And when it does happen, you can CVSup your install to it. <soapbox> Personally, I'm still amazed by the quality, stability, and professionalism of the entire FreeBSD project, given that it is almost entirely in existance through the work of volunteers and people contributing what help/code/etc they can. I can't understand this sort of insistance on "why didn't this happen yesterday?" or "how can this have happened?" - just be happy that thanks to the efforts of these wonderful people, you can use a free (in all senses of the word) OS which is stable, featurefull and bug free. </soapbox> Regards, Mark -- Mark Hughes - DVD & Film Content Manager, Technical Officer Digital Spy Ltd http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/ Your number one source for digital media and entertainment news! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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