Date: Sat, 10 Jul 1999 13:38:51 -0400 (EDT) From: Steve Hovey <shovey@buffnet.net> To: Don Croyle <croyle@gelemna.ft-wayne.in.us> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 4.0? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9907101338150.2273-100000@buffnet11.buffnet.net> In-Reply-To: <861zeghe5n.fsf@emerson.gelemna.ft-wayne.in.us>
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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. > to 4, started getting all of the new and experimental stuff that > people had been holding back on during the run-up to the branching. Is there a file with a descript on what kinda stuff anyplace? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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