From owner-freebsd-stable Wed Mar 29 3:25:10 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from smtp2.vnet.net (smtp2.vnet.net [166.82.1.32]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4780937B6DF for ; Wed, 29 Mar 2000 03:25:06 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from rivers@dignus.com) Received: from dignus.com (ponds.vnet.net [166.82.177.48]) by smtp2.vnet.net (8.9.1a/8.9.1) with ESMTP id GAA11793; Wed, 29 Mar 2000 06:24:49 -0500 (EST) Received: from lakes.dignus.com (lakes.dignus.com [10.0.0.3]) by dignus.com (8.9.2/8.8.5) with ESMTP id GAA20767; Wed, 29 Mar 2000 06:24:48 -0500 (EST) Received: (from rivers@localhost) by lakes.dignus.com (8.9.3/8.6.9) id GAA92451; Wed, 29 Mar 2000 06:24:48 -0500 (EST) Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2000 06:24:48 -0500 (EST) From: Thomas David Rivers Message-Id: <200003291124.GAA92451@lakes.dignus.com> To: cracauer@cons.org, jkh@zippy.cdrom.com Subject: Re: Let 3.x die ASAP? Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <92014.954325875@zippy.cdrom.com> Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > > > I now :-) I ask you/core/WC to reconsider this decision. I want to > > turn public visibility from 3.x to 4.x before any new 3.x release. I > > am not against a new 3.x release as such, but "The FreeBSD" as seen by > > the public must be 4.x, not 3.x. > > Sorry, but this really isn't something I can do. 3.5 has already > essentially been promised and, as you can see, a lot of people don't > agree with your point of view at all and would view this as a very bad > move on my part. > > I should also note that this has nothing whatsoever to do with CDROM > sales since I already told Walnut Creek CDROM awhile back that I would > not be doing a CDROM version of 3.5 - it will be a network-only > release. We have enough work just placing one line of CD products > into the market and the whole 2.2.8/3.x overlap was really difficult > to map onto our existing customer base. All customers will simply > receive 4.0, 4.1 .. 4.x. > > - Jordan > Oh - I didn't realize things had changed again - I was expecting (as a subscriber) to receive a 3.5 CD-ROM... [And, I wanted a 4.0 CD-ROM as well...] So - what does one do to get a 3.5 CD-ROM? Particularly in the reality of less-than-stellar network connectivity. - Dave Rivers - To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message