Date: Sat, 19 Apr 1997 13:07:42 -0500 From: Richard Wackerbarth <rkw@dataplex.net> To: Martin Jangowski <bsd@birdland.rhein-neckar.de> Cc: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com>, stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Is there a perceived need for a 2.1.8 release? Message-ID: <l03102802af7eb78edf0a@[208.2.87.4]> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.94.970419185000.21106A-100000@birdland.rhein-neckar.de> References: <17971.861382575@time.cdrom.com>
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At 11:54 AM -0500 4/19/97, Martin Jangowski wrote: >Of course! As master over 11 heavily loaded machines, all running 2.1.7.1 >very successfully, I can't see myself changing them all to 2.2.x. I think >that 2.1.7.1 is going to stay for a long time, so I'd appreciate the idea >of fixing security bugs in the 2.1.x-line very much. I think that this is the intent. The question is whether or not we need a full release generated. My suggestion would be to roll a release of 2.1 every 3 months until 2.2 is of a quality the it would be recommended to an ISP to replace 2.1. However, I would not distribute that release on CD. I view the CD's more as "The FreeBSD Summer '97 Distribution CD -- Featuring FreeBSD 2.2.1" rather than "The FreeBSD 2.2.1 RELEASE CD" I would distribute a source difference (CTM delta or similar) from the last 2.1 CD as a part of each CD distribution. This would provide an archive for those interested and give anyone the ability the generate the present version, if desired. A "live CVS tree" from which you could check out every distribution would also be an alternative.
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