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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!paladin.american.edu!zombie.ncsc.mil!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!news2.new-york.net!le From: le@put.com (Louis Epstein) Subject: Re: next release, when? X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] X-Nntp-Posting-User: (Unauthenticated) Organization: Putnam Internet Services Message-ID: <DKxApq.9G1@news2.new-york.net> References: <4ck9pd$j3n@news.csus.edu> <HAFNER.96Jan7141622@dartpub.augusta.de> <4cpkei$k74@agate.berkeley.edu> <DKw0A5.KK6@news2.new-york.net> <4csulv$jgf@agate.berkeley.edu> X-Nntp-Posting-Host: main.put.com Date: Tue, 9 Jan 1996 16:49:02 GMT Lines: 16 Jordan K. Hubbard (jkh@violet.berkeley.edu) wrote: : In article <DKw0A5.KK6@news2.new-york.net>, Louis Epstein <le@put.com> wrote: : >Will Walnut Creek CD-ROM have a CD-ROM for subscribers at midyear to keep : >up the nominal semi-annual timetable regardless of what the status of : >future -RELEASEs is at that time? : Well, if I understand the question correctly, the answer is "yes." That : is the idea behind the 2.1 and 2.2 (also referred to as `-stable' and : `-current') branches. We can still hack on new ideas and features in : 2.2 but bring much needed bug fixes and more conservative enhancements : into 2.1. At some point, 2.1.x will slowly grind to a halt and work will : go into polishing up the 2.2 branch for its eventual incarnation as `stable.' Meaning you'll go back to one track at that point,or hive off a 2.(2+x) as the new -current?