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Date:      Thu, 02 Jul 2009 23:32:30 -0600
From:      Scott Long <scottl@samsco.org>
To:        Stephen Hurd <shurd@sasktel.net>
Cc:        jkois@FreeBSD.org, freebsd-www@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: www/136022: Releases page does not list 2.2.9 :-)
Message-ID:  <4A4D97EE.9070704@samsco.org>
In-Reply-To: <4A4D8C2B.3010408@sasktel.net>
References:  <200907021937.n62JboBp000885@freefall.freebsd.org> <4A4D8C2B.3010408@sasktel.net>

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Dear Mr. Hurd,

I do believe that this can now be considered the BEST HOAX EVER.  51 
months after its publication, it's still generating interest.  I thank
you for your dedicated to in vaulting myself and Ruslan into infamy.

With best regards,
Scott


Stephen Hurd wrote:
> The release exists and can be downloaded from the official site: 
> ftp://ftp-archive.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD-Archive/old-releases/i386/2.2.9-RELEASE 
> 
> 
> While it was released as a joke, at least the number was bumped and the 
> errata fixes from 2.2.8 are included for example, this one:
> http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/src/lib/libc/gen/getpwent.c.diff?r1=1.35.2.2;r2=1.35.2.3;only_with_tag=RELENG_2_2 
> 
> 
> It doesn't look like it was tagged though.  Adding scottl@ since it was 
> his fault.
> 
> Not sure what criteria there are to distinguish a "real" release from a 
> "hoax" release, but you can download 2.2.9, it has fixes since 2.2.8, 
> there is an announcement and there are release notes.
> 
> 
> jkois@FreeBSD.org wrote:
>> Synopsis: Releases page does not list 2.2.9 :-)
>>
>> State-Changed-From-To: feedback->closed
>> State-Changed-By: jkois
>> State-Changed-When: Thu Jul 2 19:33:51 UTC 2009
>> State-Changed-Why: After discussion with remko@:
>>
>> Close the PR.  2.2.9 was not a real release. It was a "1.-April-hoax".
>>
>> http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=136022
>>
>>   
> 




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