From owner-freebsd-stable  Sat Apr 19 11:08:29 1997
Return-Path: <owner-stable>
Received: (from root@localhost)
          by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id LAA28881
          for stable-outgoing; Sat, 19 Apr 1997 11:08:29 -0700 (PDT)
Received: from shrimp.dataplex.net (shrimp.dataplex.net [208.2.87.3])
          by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id LAA28876
          for <stable@freebsd.org>; Sat, 19 Apr 1997 11:08:26 -0700 (PDT)
Received: from [208.2.87.4] (cod.dataplex.net [208.2.87.4])
	by shrimp.dataplex.net (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id NAA12205;
	Sat, 19 Apr 1997 13:07:58 -0500 (CDT)
X-Sender: rkw@shrimp.dataplex.net
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>
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
Date: Sat, 19 Apr 1997 13:07:42 -0500
To: Martin Jangowski <bsd@birdland.rhein-neckar.de>
From: Richard Wackerbarth <rkw@dataplex.net>
Subject: Re: Is there a perceived need for a 2.1.8 release?
Cc: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com>, stable@freebsd.org
Sender: owner-stable@freebsd.org
X-Loop: FreeBSD.org
Precedence: bulk

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.