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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.mira.net.au!inquo!in-news.erinet.com!imci5!pull-feed.internetmci.com!news.internetMCI.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!news.thepoint.net!news1!not-for-mail From: root@dyson.iquest.net (John S. Dyson) Subject: Re: When is 2.2R due out? X-Nntp-Posting-Host: dyson.iquest.net Message-ID: <4mej3t$ic@dyson.iquest.net> Sender: news@iquest.net (News Admin) Organization: John S. Dyson's Machine References: <4lgt27$rme@church.dcss.mcmaster.ca> <31844830.167EB0E7@FreeBSD.org> <DqoIwz.2KC@news2.new-york.net> <4m6lmp$4rs@complete.org> Date: Sat, 4 May 1996 03:32:13 GMT Lines: 28 In article <4m6lmp$4rs@complete.org>, John Goerzen <jgoerzen@complete.org> wrote: >Louis Epstein (le@put.com) wrote: >: Well,the earlier query said that 2.2 was already due out by the end of this >: summer(Septemberish)...it's been almost six months since 2.1R hit the FTP >: sites,so if there is an every-six-months frequency,one would expect 2.1.1 >: to be imminent,and 2.2 not to be with us until near year-end...yet 2.1.1 has >: no SNAP like the ones that showed 2.1R was imminent,while 2.2 is rumored for >: months ahead of what would be expected... > >I am now thoroughly confused! > >I am running 2.2 SNAP. Supposedly 2.1.1 will be the next release. Will I >be upgrading to go to 2.1.1 or going backwards since 2.1.1 will be newer >than 2.2 SNAP? > The 2.2 series is currently experimental, but more feature rich, and higher performance than the 2.1 series. The 2.1 series is more stable and the only mods to 2.1 are for broken features or serious bugs. 2.1.1 is more of what 2.1 is about, while 2.2 SNAP/-current is more forward looking, and less reliable. For example, the fork performance of 2.2 is approx 2-3x the speed of 2.1. If you need stable code, 2.1 is better. Soon (in about 3-6mos), 2.2 will be the current, STABLE code. So, if you move from 2.2 SNAP to 2.1.1, you are making a choice to go to stable release quality code. John