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Date:      20 Dec 1999 13:49:44 -0500
From:      Lowell Gilbert <lowell@world.std.com>
To:        Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za>, questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Anone know when 4.0 is going to be released?
Message-ID:  <rd6wvq9curb.fsf@world.std.com>
In-Reply-To: Sheldon Hearn's message of Mon, 20 Dec 1999 15:27:18 %2B0200
References:  <78703.945696438@axl.noc.iafrica.com>

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Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za> writes:

> On Mon, 20 Dec 1999 13:13:46 GMT, Chris.Smith@raytheon.co.uk wrote:
> 
> > I'm holding back on a total re-install and am wondering if 4.0-STABLE is
> > going to be around soon or should I put on 3.4 and live with it for another
> > year or so?
> 
> If a year is how long your next overhaul will need to last, you should
> probably wait for 4.0-RELEASE, which is expected to be cut mid-January.

Is that the "official" advice?  I assumed that -STABLE would stay with
3.x for a while after 4.0, just as it did with 3.0, and that the
dot-zero release would be recommended more for early adopters than
general use.  As in 3.0 (and -CURRENT in general)...

 - Lowell


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