From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Mar 23 16:40:23 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id QAA22884 for questions-outgoing; Sat, 23 Mar 1996 16:40:23 -0800 (PST) Received: from riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu (cisco-ts10-line11.uoregon.edu [128.223.150.109]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id QAA22869 for ; Sat, 23 Mar 1996 16:40:20 -0800 (PST) Received: (from dwhite@localhost) by riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu (8.6.12/8.6.12) id QAA00266; Sat, 23 Mar 1996 16:40:49 -0800 Date: Sat, 23 Mar 1996 16:40:46 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White Reply-To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu To: John Brann cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Announcement of snapshots In-Reply-To: <199603232012.PAA00375@jbrann.dialup.access.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Sat, 23 Mar 1996, John Brann wrote: > Hi, > > I've seen a few references to snapshot releases - 2.2-960303-SNAP, for > instance, in the lists and newsgroups. What I haven't seen are any > announcements of their existence (in the announce list or newsgroup), or > any refernces to them on the web site or in /pub/FreeBSD on wcarchive. There should be some info on the web site under "releases". SNAPs are shots of the system as it stands on that day. They're usually pretty stable, but there may be some hidden bugs. > Are there any SNAPs post 2.1 Release, and if so, how do I find out about > them? I just checked ftp.freebsd.org, and the 0303 and the 0321 (that was being built last time I checked it) have been removed. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major