Date: Sat, 10 Jul 1999 13:54:51 -0400 From: Mark Thomas <thomas@clark.net> To: Steve Hovey <shovey@buffnet.net>, Don Croyle <croyle@gelemna.ft-wayne.in.us> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 4.0? Message-ID: <3.0.6.32.19990710135451.00971100@pop3.clark.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9907101338150.2273-100000@buffnet11.buffnet. net> References: <861zeghe5n.fsf@emerson.gelemna.ft-wayne.in.us>
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At 01:38 PM 7/10/99 -0400, Steve Hovey wrote: > > >On 10 Jul 1999, Don Croyle wrote: > >> Steve Hovey <shovey@buffnet.net> writes: >> >> > out of curiousity, whats new about 4 that caused the jump in numbering >> > from 3.X? >> >> Initially, nothing. Now, quite a bit. >> >> Once the development tree was fairly stable 3 was branched off from >> it. 3.x releases are mainly bug fixes and drop in updates, the basic >> feature set is frozen. The development branch, with its number bumped > >I thought 3 was 3 because of dual processor support stuff. Not to mention AOUT => ELF. Mark --- thomas@clark.net ---> http://www.clark.net/pub/thomas PBEM Eldritch --------> http://www.pmpro.com/eldritch To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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