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From: "Cornerstone Networks" <pauln@cstone.net>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: FBSD Future...
Date: 11 Oct 1996 19:01:01 GMT
Organization: Cornerstone Networks
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The FreeBSD guys are doing a great job.  You just need to be patient. 
Haste makes waste.  2.1.5 is a great solution for an ISP,  very rock solid!

-Paul
> Well,I see that the expected release of 2.2 has been pushed back from
> late summer '96 to first quarter '97,quite a jump,and I wonder what
> more there is to it past Walnut Creek's desire to keep the CDROMs
> semi-annual.
> 
> I gather that 2.1.6 will be released on the net only,not on CDROM,so
> how would one handle an upgrade from 2.1?(No point in going to
> 2.1.5 first if 2.1.6 is coming).How long would I have to take my
> ISP down to go to 2.1.6,and get it in shape to honor the 9-12 character
> IDs enabled by a kernel recompile for my 2.1??And what would I actually
> gain by so doing?
> 
> Which SNAPs of 2.2 will be on the CDROM for SNAP subscribers?
> 501 was,626 wasn't,were 801 and 1006?
> 
> For a got-to-stay-up business like an ISP,it might be better to wait
> for a 2.2.x after 2.2R gets its bug reports dealt with...I guess
> the first such release is at least 9 months off.
> 
> (64-bit 3.x is presumably years away still).
>