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Date:      Tue, 11 Apr 2006 12:54:36 +0100
From:      "Harrison Peter CSA BIRKENHEAD" <PETER.HARRISON@DWP.GSI.GOV.UK>
To:        "Nikolas Britton" <nikolas.britton@gmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   RE: Timescale for 6.1-RELEASE...        
Message-ID:  <0740B9A6C3639441850D84E94767945C036BC2@DMM00038.link2.gpn.gov.uk>

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Thanks=20for=20the=20reply=20Nikolas=20-=20that's=20helpful.=20I=20ended=20=
up=20upgrading=20my=20laptop=20to=206.1-PRERELEASE=20(from=206.0-RELEASE)=20=
anyway,=20and=20haven't=20had=20any=20problems=20since.=20After=20your=20f=
eedback=20I'll=20probably=20do=20the=20desktop=20shortly.

The=20only=20thing=20that's=20holding=20me=20back=20from=20moving=20my=20h=
ome=20server=20from=205.3-RELEASE=20is=20that=20I've=20successfully=20got=20=
ndis=20working=20on=20it=20using=20the=20'old'=20ndiscvt=20method=20and=20=
I'm=20a=20little=20reluctant=20to=20risk=20not=20being=20able=20to=20repli=
cate=20my=20success=20with=20ndisgen=20under=206.x

Thanks=20again,


Peter=20Harrison=20




>-----Original=20Message-----
>From:=20Nikolas=20Britton=20[mailto:nikolas.britton@gmail.com]
>Sent:=2011=20April=202006=2012:06
>To:=20Harrison=20Peter=20CSA=20BIRKENHEAD
>Cc:=20freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
>Subject:=20Re:=20Timescale=20for=206.1-RELEASE...
>
>
>On=203/30/06,=20Harrison=20Peter=20CSA=20BIRKENHEAD=20
><PETER.HARRISON@dwp.gsi.gov.uk>=20wrote:
>>=20I=20realise=20the=20answer=20to=20this=20question=20is=20"when=20it's=
=20ready",=20
>but=20does=20anyone=20have=20a=20rough=20idea=20how=20close=20to=20being=20=
ready=206.1=20is?
>>
>
>The=206.1=20branch=20was=20cut=20on=20the=205th,=20this=20means=20you=20c=
an=20cvsup=20to
>RELENG_6_1=20branch=20and=20rebuild=20world=20to=206.1-RC.=20As=20for=20t=
he=20release=20date
>of=20the=20official=206.1-RC1=20builds...=20It=20should=20have=20happened=
=20yesterday,
>so=20expect=20it=20any=20time=20this=20week.=206.1-RELEASE=20should=20be=20=
released=20at=20the
>end=20of=20this=20month=20or=20the=20beginning=20of=20next=20month....=20=
If=20you=20look=20at
>the=20schedule=20everything=20has=20been=20shifted=20out=201=20month.
>
>If=20you=20want=20my=20opinion=20on=206.1,=20it's=20ready=20right=20now,=20=
I've=20been=20running
>a=20production=20server=20on=206.1=20since=20BETA2,=20my=20main=20worksta=
tion=20at=20work
>since=20BETA4=20and=20my=20main=20workstation=20at=20home=20has=20been=20=
running=206.1=20since
>before=20BETA1=20(tracking=206-STABLE).=20I've=20had=20no=20problems=20an=
d=20feel=20that
>It's=20far=20superior=20to=20FreeBSD=205.x,=20It's=20also=20alot=20faster=
=20then=205.x.=20The
>more=20tester=20we=20have=20for=20the=206.1=20release=20candidate=20runs=20=
the=20better
>6.1-RELEASE=20will=20be!
>http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/contributin
g/index.html


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