Date: Sun, 2 Apr 2006 13:14:05 -0700 From: Doug Hardie <bc979@lafn.org> To: Holger Kipp <hk@alogis.com> Cc: 'FreeBSD Current' <freebsd-current@freebsd.org>, freebsd-stable <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: FreeBSD 2.2.9 Released Message-ID: <0D7E2A1D-416F-402D-A85B-92505611D7DD@lafn.org> In-Reply-To: <20060402192250.GA29100@intserv.int1.b.intern> References: <442EE1D7.90909@samsco.org> <20060402192250.GA29100@intserv.int1.b.intern>
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On Apr 2, 2006, at 12:22, Holger Kipp wrote: > On Sat, Apr 01, 2006 at 01:25:59PM -0700, Scott Long wrote: >> It is my great pleasure and privilege to announce the availability of >> FreeBSD 2.2.9-RELEASE. This release is the culmination of SEVENTY- >> SEVEN >> months of tireless work by the FreeBSD developers, users, their >> children, >> and their pets. Significant features in this release: > > Ah, at last I can upgrade my old 2.2.8 without hassle. A minor note > (maybe > I am getting this wrong): my 2.2.8 is from January 1999, so > shouldn't this > be 87 months instead of 77? The developers were afraid that 2.2.8 might not be solid, so they decided to wait 10 months before updating any of the development or test machines until those using it in production had time to find all the bugs.
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