From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Oct 15 18:54:44 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id SAA15059 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Thu, 15 Oct 1998 18:54:44 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from laker.net (jet.laker.net [205.245.74.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id SAA15048 for ; Thu, 15 Oct 1998 18:54:42 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from sfriedri@laker.net) Received: from nt (digital-pbi-130.laker.net [208.0.233.30]) by laker.net (8.9.0/8.9.LAKERNET.NO-SPAM.SPAMMERS.AND.RELAYS.WILL.BE.TRACKED.AND.PROSECUTED.) with SMTP id VAA04203; Thu, 15 Oct 1998 21:54:22 -0400 Message-Id: <199810160154.VAA04203@laker.net> From: "Steve Friedrich" To: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG" , "Jeffrey Bernt" Date: Thu, 15 Oct 1998 21:45:19 -0400 Reply-To: "Steve Friedrich" X-Mailer: PMMail 98 Professional (2.01.1600) For Windows NT (4.0.1381;3) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: FreeBSD 3.0 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Thu, 15 Oct 1998 13:13:31 -0700, Jeffrey Bernt wrote: >Hi. Let me get this straight, Fbsd 3.0 is supposed to be out today (Oct >15th) but 2.2.8 is due out next month? (3.0 isn't available, just the beta) >if someone can clarify this for me, that would be great. Why the confusion?? 3.0 has been in Beta for one month and was schedules to be RELEASED today, but shouldn't be used for "production" machines until it has a STABLE branch AND you've verified thru your own testing that it is stable enough for your purposes. 2.2.8 is the last RELEASE of 2.2.X and is where the STABLE branch will lead. This RELEASE is for people that are running "production" servers, and can't afford to be on the BLEEDING edge. If you're running FreeBSD on a non-production machine (or non-critical), feel free to load 3.0 on it. But most of us will wait till it's been checked out for awhile by people that MUST have the functionality it provides. I'm anxious, but patient. If I am incorrect about any of this, I appreciate/prefer gentle corrections ;o) Unix systems measure "uptime" in years, Winblows measures it in minutes. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message