From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Apr 7 06:04:26 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D087916A401 for ; Fri, 7 Apr 2006 06:04:26 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from scottl@samsco.org) Received: from pooker.samsco.org (pooker.samsco.org [168.103.85.57]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2EA2E43D49 for ; Fri, 7 Apr 2006 06:04:26 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from scottl@samsco.org) Received: from [192.168.254.11] (junior.samsco.home [192.168.254.11]) (authenticated bits=0) by pooker.samsco.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k3764NHa006300; Fri, 7 Apr 2006 00:04:23 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from scottl@samsco.org) Message-ID: <443600DF.10602@samsco.org> Date: Fri, 07 Apr 2006 00:04:15 -0600 From: Scott Long User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD i386; en-US; rv:1.7.12) Gecko/20051230 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Julian H. Stacey" References: <200604062326.k36NQxL5037240@fire.jhs.private> <4435FED7.8080201@samsco.org> In-Reply-To: <4435FED7.8080201@samsco.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.4 required=3.8 tests=ALL_TRUSTED autolearn=failed version=3.1.1 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.1 (2006-03-10) on pooker.samsco.org Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 2.2.9 Released X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 07 Apr 2006 06:04:26 -0000 Scott Long wrote: > Julian H. Stacey wrote: > >>> It is my great pleasure and privilege to announce the availability of >>> FreeBSD 2.2.9-RELEASE. This release is the culmination of SEVENTY-SEVEN >>> months of tireless work. >> >> >> >> I was away over 1st April, & came back to a backlog of mail when >> 1st April was no longer current, so didn't notice date for a few seconds, >> & found the announcement rather weird but not necessarily totaly daft >> ;-) ... >> FreeBSD-2.X is really obsolete, but some of us occasionaly >> keep/ resuscitate obsolete hardware (eg for vintage purposes >> http://vcfe.org/E/ ), one example: between FreeBSD-2 & 3 >> I think support for some old 8 bit scsi controllers was >> dumped, so old software can be attractive. >> >> So I checked on FTP site: no CHECKSUM.MD5, just a single file, 142 Meg >> ( 142 186 496 ) >> ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/i386/ISO-IMAGES/2.2.9/2.2.9-RELEASE.iso >> >> >> That .iso contains 620 files, I didnt try running it [yet .. maybe] >> If it's some silly spoof, its quite elaborately big, if so, I'd >> suggest reduce to a README to save a lot of mirror space & bandwidth. >> Either way, a CHECKSUM.MD5 would be good. >> > > The ISO image is valid, but we didn't do things like bump the version > numbers, tag CVS, or build ports. I hand-edited the .TXT files > available from FTP, but the same files in the ISO are the stock 2.2.8 > ones. However, the release was built from the RELENG_2_2 tree, so it > actually does incorporate the small handful of changes that went in > after the 2.2.8 tag was laid down. It was a fun little trip in the > Way-Back machine, and the announcement email was meant to poke some fun > at that. > > Scott Btw, Ruslan Ermilov was the creative force behind all of this, he deserves 99% of the credit. Scott