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Date:      Wed, 17 Mar 1999 20:51:23 +0000 (GMT)
From:      Doug Rabson <dfr@nlsystems.com>
To:        "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@zippy.cdrom.com>
Cc:        Steve Sizemore <steve@cmpharm.ucsf.edu>, alpha@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Which version to run 
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.05.9903172050080.47099-100000@herring.nlsystems.com>
In-Reply-To: <62436.921664740@zippy.cdrom.com>

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On Wed, 17 Mar 1999, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote:

> > install, I had to use a 4.0 snapshot. However, I'd really rather
> > track stable (since that's what I use on my intel machines), if that
> > is possible. Is 3.1 stable really stable for the alpha platform, or
> > do I need to use current?
> 
> It might be better to track -current just for a little while,
> at least until 3.1-stable catches up for the alpha.  I don't
> think it's actually diverged all that much at all; Doug?

The main difference is that -current uses the new portable syscons.  I do
intend to merge that over at some point but I can't predict when.

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Doug Rabson				Mail:  dfr@nlsystems.com
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