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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!demos!news.uni-stuttgart.de!news.rhrz.uni-bonn.de!RRZ.Uni-Koeln.DE!gtnduss1.du.gtn.com!news.netuse.de!tpki.toppoint.de!rimki.toppoint.de!chrimek Date: 21 May 1997 04:48:00 +0100 From: chrimek@rimki.toppoint.de (Christoph Rimek) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc Message-ID: <6XGGdNGZo$B@rimki.toppoint.de> References: <6Wp4Ai-3o$B@rimki.toppoint.de> <5lcq8c$6bl$1@vishnu.jussieu.fr> <87hgg5y8um.fsf@jekyll.piermont.com> Subject: Re: What are the "new" things in 1.2.1 X-Newsreader: CrossPoint v3.11 R/C6513 Organization: Toppoint Mailbox e.V. Reply-To: chrimek@toppoint.de Lines: 26 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc:5979 Hello In article <87hgg5y8um.fsf@jekyll.piermont.com>, perry (perry@jekyll.piermont.com) wrote: > > > > 1.2.1 is a bugfix release for 1.2. It is worth upgrading only if > > you have some stability problems with your 1.2 system, or > > unsupported (or not well supported) hardware, or if you care about > > security. > > Not *quite* true. There are some significant security fixes, and > there was a very important fix that improves VM performance a lot. > > However, you are correct -- its simply a bugfix release, nothing > more. 1.3 will be the next "major" release. Yesterday I had another look to the server and now there is a file CHANGES that explains the new things. The most important things for me are the new (actual) sendmail version 8.8.5 and the NIS server stuff, so I think I will upgrade our mailserver next weekend. Thanks to all those who answered -cr -- Christoph Rimek, Kiel, Germany (+49 431 57601) chrimek@toppoint.de