From owner-freebsd-current Wed Mar 13 09:23:47 1996 Return-Path: owner-current Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id JAA11191 for current-outgoing; Wed, 13 Mar 1996 09:23:47 -0800 (PST) Received: from halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu (halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu [18.26.0.159]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id JAA11186 for ; Wed, 13 Mar 1996 09:23:45 -0800 (PST) Received: by halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu; (5.65/1.1.8.2/19Aug95-0530PM) id AA15888; Wed, 13 Mar 1996 12:23:41 -0500 Date: Wed, 13 Mar 1996 12:23:41 -0500 From: "Garrett A. Wollman" Message-Id: <9603131723.AA15888@halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu> To: Jake Hamby Cc: current@FreeBSD.org Subject: Questions for current hackers.. In-Reply-To: References: Sender: owner-current@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk < said: > 1) Why was libc's major version number bumped to 3? Was this to > incorporate changes to make it thread-safe or for some other reason(s)? > Is it safe to assume that the version won't be bumped again before > 2.2-RELEASE? Some other reason. The library routines for dealing with OSI and XNS addresses were removed. It is our policy that library version numbers are only ever bumped once in the release cycle. -GAWollman -- Garrett A. Wollman | Shashish is simple, it's discreet, it's brief. ... wollman@lcs.mit.edu | Shashish is the bonding of hearts in spite of distance. Opinions not those of| It is a bond more powerful than absence. We like people MIT, LCS, ANA, or NSA| who like Shashish. - Claude McKenzie + Florent Vollant