From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Dec 20 22:20:32 1996 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) id WAA27779 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 20 Dec 1996 22:20:32 -0800 (PST) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (cisco-ts12-line10.uoregon.edu [128.223.150.142]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) with ESMTP id WAA27774 for ; Fri, 20 Dec 1996 22:20:29 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.2/8.6.12) with SMTP id WAA03526; Fri, 20 Dec 1996 22:20:23 -0800 (PST) Date: Fri, 20 Dec 1996 22:20:22 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White Reply-To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu To: William Bulley cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FBSD 2.1.5 vs 2.1.6 ?? In-Reply-To: <199612192121.QAA10048@ohm.merit.edu> 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 Thu, 19 Dec 1996, William Bulley wrote: > Can someone send me a concise (25 items or less!) description > of the main differences between 2.1.5 and 2.1.6? > > For example: > > - they left out the kernel, included in 2.1.6 > - the compiler was broken, fixed in 2.1.6 > - etc... > > If this is not possible or if this is a silly question, > then how do I know if it's worth my while to upgrade? :-) . Many new device drivers. . Fixes for security problems (including Sendmail fix) . Faster with some new VM stuff . Probably even more stable than 2.1.5 was :) > I've read the release notes sent out, but they are seemingly much > the same each time, with a long list of supported peripherals, > and I didn't get from them the concise list of changes I need. The changes are pretty small (ex. Sendmail) but do impact performance positively. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major