From owner-freebsd-stable Tue Jan 11 8:49:18 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from point.osg.gov.bc.ca (point.osg.gov.bc.ca [142.32.102.44]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E0800153AD; Tue, 11 Jan 2000 08:49:11 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from Cy.Schubert@uumail.gov.bc.ca) Received: (from daemon@localhost) by point.osg.gov.bc.ca (8.8.7/8.8.8) id IAA30064; Tue, 11 Jan 2000 08:49:10 -0800 Received: from passer.osg.gov.bc.ca(142.32.110.29) via SMTP by point.osg.gov.bc.ca, id smtpda30062; Tue Jan 11 08:49:10 2000 Received: (from uucp@localhost) by passer.osg.gov.bc.ca (8.9.3/8.9.1) id IAA31925; Tue, 11 Jan 2000 08:49:10 -0800 (PST) Received: from cwsys9.cwsent.com(10.2.2.1), claiming to be "cwsys.cwsent.com" via SMTP by passer9.cwsent.com, id smtpdj31917; Tue Jan 11 08:48:27 2000 Received: (from uucp@localhost) by cwsys.cwsent.com (8.9.3/8.9.1) id IAA52758; Tue, 11 Jan 2000 08:48:26 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <200001111648.IAA52758@cwsys.cwsent.com> Received: from localhost.cwsent.com(127.0.0.1), claiming to be "cwsys" via SMTP by localhost.cwsent.com, id smtpdr52753; Tue Jan 11 08:48:08 2000 X-Mailer: exmh version 2.1.1 10/15/1999 Reply-To: Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group From: Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group X-OS: FreeBSD 3.4-RELEASE X-Sender: cy To: obrien@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: "freebsd-stable@FreeBSD. ORG" Subject: Re: Next release should be called 5.0 (was:4.4 BSD forever?) In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 10 Jan 2000 20:57:10 PST." <20000110205710.D98651@relay.nuxi.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2000 08:48:08 -0800 Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG In message <20000110205710.D98651@relay.nuxi.com>, "David O'Brien" writes: > On Mon, Jan 10, 2000 at 09:28:24AM -0800, Tom wrote: > > > > Actually, no. The distribution is called 4.4BSD, not BSD 4.4. The same > > goes for 4.1 or 4.2 which were known as 4.1BSD and 4.2BSD respectively. > > Anyone who understands what BSD is, will know the difference. > > And the triva question is why was there 1BSD, 2BSD, 3BSD, and then the switch > to 4.0BSD - 4.4BSD. UCB and AT&T had agreed that there were to be no new releases of BSD and that 4BSD was the final release. 4.1BSD - 4.4BSD were named such because they were "officially" only modifications to 4BSD and as such were not full releases. In fact they contained more new features than previous releases and were modifications to 4BSD in name only. It's all in Kirk's book the Design and Implementation of 4.4BSD. It's interesting to note that this is what happens when lawyers and marketing people get involved with release numbering. Note SunOS 4.1.4, Solaris 2.x, Solaris 7, 8 as another good example. Regards, Phone: (250)387-8437 Cy Schubert Fax: (250)387-5766 Sun/DEC Team, UNIX Group Internet: Cy.Schubert@uumail.gov.bc.ca ITSD Province of BC "e**(i*pi)+1=0" To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message