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From: igor@alecto.physics.uiuc.edu (Igor Roshchin)
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Subject: Re: Sendmail 8.8.4 questions...
To: nate@mt.sri.com (Nate Williams)
Date: Wed, 4 Dec 1996 13:58:26 -0600 (CST)
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In-Reply-To: <199612041951.MAA11333@rocky.mt.sri.com> from "Nate Williams" at Dec 4, 96 12:51:36 pm
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> 
> 2.1.X is now dead unless Jordan and David (or Paul) decide to roll 'yet
> another' point release.
> 
> > Is not 2.1.6. (which is claimed to be almost -stable) supposed
> > to have "stable" sendmail ?
> 
> Yes, but since the 2.1.6 are already on CD-ROM it's really hard to
> change the bits w/out using an electron microscope. *grin*
> 
> "Stable" doesn't imply bug-free or completely-secure.  *All* software
> has bugs, but at some point the FreeBSD folks had to say 'this is the
> end of the 2.1.X series), and 2.1.6.1 is it.
> 

May be I am missing something, but I thought
2.1.6. was supposed to get to the -stable release, and just than die.
(At least, that's how I understand Jordan's explanations on 2.1.6. release)
It doesn't seem to be there yet.

2.2... doesn't have -stable version yet (does it ?) either....

THere should exist at least something which can be used
without too many changes for some period of time ;->

THanks for the explanations about patches, etc.


IgoR
aka StR