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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!enews.sgi.com!news.sgi.com!howland.erols.net!netnews.com!news.sprintlink.net!news-dc-9.sprintlink.net!node2.frontiernet.net!news.interactive.net!news.new-york.net!nonexistent.com!not-for-mail From: le@put.com (Louis Epstein) Subject: Re: Why choose 2.1.7 ?? X-Newsreader: TIN [UNIX 1.3 950824BETA PL0] X-Nntp-Posting-User: le Lines: 19 Organization: Putnam Internet Services Message-ID: <E73r9J.ALK@nonexistent.com> References: <01bc310c$e9177b10$214f96cd@reality> X-Trace: 858459077/23454 X-Nntp-Posting-Host: main.put.com Date: Sat, 15 Mar 1997 20:51:19 GMT Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:37113 Kurt Schafer (kschafer@cyberbeach.net) wrote: : Currently, it appears that there are three branches for FreeBSD : developement, namely the 2.1 branch, the 3.0 branch and the various 2.2 : offerings. : : When released, will there be any significant reasons for choosing 2.1.7 : over 2.2 ? ie, will 2.2 be the 'latest and greatest' release along the 2.x : branch or are there fundamental differences between 2.1.x and 2.2 ? the 2.1 branch(which has officially ended with 2.1.7,though they said nearly as much for 2.1.5,2.1.6,and 2.1.6.1) does not have certain new features in the 2.2 branch,though it is presently considered more stable...a 2.2.x release mid-year will likely combine the features and stability,and development will then concentrate on the 3.0 branch. : And how about 3.0 ? I've loaded up a few snapshots and it seems great. Is : there an estimated release date on that ? I'd guess around year-end.