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Date:      Thu, 18 Apr 2002 15:16:19 +0100 (BST)
From:      Jan Grant <Jan.Grant@bristol.ac.uk>
To:        atk2@arctic.org
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: 4.5 now or 4.6 later ?
Message-ID:  <Pine.GSO.4.44.0204181515190.17335-100000@mail.ilrt.bris.ac.uk>
In-Reply-To: <20020418135548.28488.qmail@twinlark.arctic.org>

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On 18 Apr 2002 atk2@arctic.org wrote:

>
> I'd like to install freebsd but unsure if I should go with 4.5 now or wait
> 1.5 months for 4.6. It is not really clear from various notes if 4.6 will
> contain much in the way of bug fixes or enhancements over 4.5. Any
> comments/suggestions ?
>
> thanks,

Install 4.5 now, and track the stable fixes or just -stable; rebuilding
world + kernel on your system isn't an overly onerous task. 4.5, 4.6
etc. are just points along the branch that is -stable.


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