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<h2>December 1999</h2>
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<ul>
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<li><p><b>30-Dec-1999</b>
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A new committer: <a href="mailto:groudier@FreeBSD.org">Gerard
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Roudier</a> (Symbios SCSI driver)</p></li>
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<li><p><b>20-Dec-1999</b>
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<a href="&base;/releases/3.4R/announce.html">FreeBSD 3.4</a> has
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been released. Please see the <a
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href="&base;/releases/index.html">Release Information</a> page for
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more details. Also be sure to check the <a
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href="&base;/releases/3.4R/errata.html">release errata</a> after
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installation for any late-breaking issues with 3.4 that
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occur.</p></li>
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<li><p><b>18-Dec-1999</b>
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A new committer: <a href="mailto:rwatson@FreeBSD.org">Robert
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Watson</a> (Coda, POSIX.1e ACLs/Capabilities/Auditing/MAC, FFS
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extended attributes, Jail code improvements/documentation,
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IPFW/BPF cleanup)</p></li>
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<li><p><b>16-Dec-1999</b>
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Remove a committer: James Raynard, <i>"I have decided to resign as
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a committer as it's been a very long time since I last had the
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time to work on FreeBSD and things have now got to the point where
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not even "speed reading" can help me keep up with the commit
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mail."</i> Our thanks to James for the time and effort he has
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contributed to FreeBSD.</p>
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<p>A new committer: <a href="mailto:asmodai@FreeBSD.org">Jeroen
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Ruigrok van der Werven</a> (Docs, in particular mdoc, low-level
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interfaces, and other source tree related
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documentation)</p></li>
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<li><p><b>15-Dec-1999</b>
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A new committer: <a href="mailto:jedgar@FreeBSD.org">Chris D.
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Faulhaber</a></p></li>
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<li><p><b>14-Dec-1999</b>
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A new committer: <a href="mailto:nbm@FreeBSD.org">Neil
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Blakey-Milner</a> (Docs)</p></li>
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</ul>
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<h2>October 1999</h2>
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<ul>
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<li><p><b>24-Oct-1999</b>
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The <a href="http://www.freebsdcon.org/">FreeBSD Con</a> '99 event
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this year was a big success! Over 350 people attended, and both
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the vendors and attendees alike said they found the event to be
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both entertaining and valuable. Many thanks to <a
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href="http://www.wccdrom.com/">Walnut Creek CDROM</a> for producing
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this event and to <a href="http://www.mckusick.com/"> Dr. Marshall
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Kirk McKusick</a> for teaching two kernel internals tutorials and
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giving his <a
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href="http://www.mckusick.com/history/index.html">History of
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BSD</a> talk at the conference.</p></li>
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<li><p><b>10-Oct-1999</b>
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A new committer: <a href="mailto:joe@FreeBSD.org">Josef
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Karthauser</a></p></li>
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</ul>
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<h2>September 1999</h2>
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<ul>
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<li><p><b>27-Sep-1999</b>
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A new committer: <a href="mailto:nakai@FreeBSD.org">Yukihiro
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Nakai</a> (Ports)</p></li>
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<li><p><b>26-Sep-1999</b>
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A new committer: <a href="mailto:dan@FreeBSD.org">Dan Moschuk</a>
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(Ports)</p></li>
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<li><p><b>17-Sep-1999</b>
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<a href="&base;/releases/3.3R/announce.html">FreeBSD 3.3</a> has
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been released. Please see the <a
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href="&base;/releases/index.html">Release Information</a> page for
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more details. Also be sure to check the <a
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href="&base;/releases/3.3R/errata.html">release errata</a> after
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installation for any late-breaking issues with 3.3 that
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occur.</p></li>
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<li><p><b>08-Sep-1999</b>
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New committers: <a href="mailto:bp@FreeBSD.org">Boris Popov</a>
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(Netware) and <a href="mailto:wsanchez@FreeBSD.org">Wilfredo
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Sanchez</a> (FreeBSD/Apple Darwin collaboration)</p></li>
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<li><p><b>05-Sep-1999</b>
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A new committer: <a href="mailto:jmas@FreeBSD.org">Jose M.
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Alcaide</a> (Docs/Spanish translation)</p></li>
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<li><p><b>03-Sep-1999</b>
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New committers: <a href="mailto:imura@FreeBSD.org">R. Imura</a>
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(Ports/KDE), <a href="mailto:andy@FreeBSD.org">Andrey
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Zakhvatov</a> (Docs/Russian translation) and <a
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href="mailto:gioria@FreeBSD.org">Sebastien Gioria</a> (Docs/French
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translation)</p></li>
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<li><p><b>02-Sep-1999</b>
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A new committer: <a href="mailto:phantom@FreeBSD.org">Alexey
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Zelkin</a> (Localization/Docs/Russian translation)</p></li>
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</ul>
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<h2>August 1999</h2>
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<ul>
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<li><p><b>23-Aug-1999</b>
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A new committer: <a href="mailto:jhb@FreeBSD.org">John Baldwin</a>
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(Docs)</p></li>
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<li><p><b>11-Aug-1999</b> New committers: <a
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href="mailto:alfred@FreeBSD.org">Alfred Perlstein</a> (SMP) and
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<a href="mailto:jim@FreeBSD.org">Jim Mock</a> (Docs)</p></li>
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<li><p><b>10-Aug-1999</b>
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<a href="http://www.codeforge.com/">C-Forge</a>, an Integrated
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Development Environment, has been released (beta) for FreeBSD,
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supporting C, C++, Perl, Tcl, and many other
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languages.</p></li>
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<li><p><b>06-Aug-1999</b>
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A new committer: <a href="mailto:chris@FreeBSD.org">Chris
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Costello</a> (Docs)</p></li>
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<li><p><b>04-Aug-1999</b>
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A new committer: <a href="mailto:pho@FreeBSD.org">Peter Holm</a>
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(Docs)</p></li>
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</ul>
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<h2>July 1999</h2>
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<ul>
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<li><p><b>29-Jul-1999</b>
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New committers: <a href="mailto:shin@FreeBSD.org">Yoshinobu
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Inoue</a> and <a href="mailto:sumikawa@FreeBSD.org">Munechika
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Sumikawa</a> (KAME/IPv6)</p></li>
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<li><p><b>27-Jul-1999</b>
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A new committer: <a href="mailto:mdodd@FreeBSD.org">Matthew N.
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Dodd</a> (EISA/PCI/newbus)</p></li>
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<li><p><b>14-Jul-1999</b>
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A new committer: <a href="mailto:tanimura@FreeBSD.org">Seigo
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Tanimura</a> (MIDI)</p></li>
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<li><p><b>07-Jul-1999</b>
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A new committer: <a href="mailto:cg@FreeBSD.org">Cameron Grant</a>
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(PCM)</p></li>
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<li><p><b>03-Jul-1999</b>
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A new committer: <a href="mailto:marcel@FreeBSD.org">Marcel
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Moolenaar</a> (Linux compat)</p></li>
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<li><p><b>01-Jul-1999</b>
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New committers: <a href="mailto:nyan@FreeBSD.org">Takahashi
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Yoshihiro</a> (PC98) and <a
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href="mailto:gehenna@FreeBSD.org">Masahide MAEKAWA</a></p></li>
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</ul>
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<h2>June 1999</h2>
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<ul>
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<li><p><b>30-Jun-1999</b>
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New committers: <a href="mailto:lile@FreeBSD.org">Larry Lile</a>
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(Token Ring), <a href="mailto:dbaker@FreeBSD.org">Daniel Baker</a>
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(Ports), and <a href="mailto:deischen@FreeBSD.org">Daniel
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Eischen</a></p></li>
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<li><p><b>19-Jun-1999</b>
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A new committer: <a href="mailto:cpiazza@FreeBSD.org">Chris
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Piazza</a></p></li>
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<li><p><b>18-Jun-1999</b>
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A new committer: <a href="mailto:iwasaki@FreeBSD.org">Mitsuru
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IWASAKI</a></p></li>
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<li><p><b>17-Jun-1999</b>
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A new committer: <a href="mailto:green@FreeBSD.org">Brian
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Feldman</a></p></li>
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<li><p><b>14-Jun-1999</b>
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A new committer: <a href="mailto:sheldonh@FreeBSD.org">Sheldon
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Hearn</a></p></li>
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<li><p><b>10-Jun-1999</b>
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FreeBSD 3.2-RELEASE CDs are shipping. Subscribers who did not
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make any special shipping arrangements should be receiving their
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CDs soon. Anyone who wishes to order 3.2-RELEASE or to subscribe
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may do so via <a href="http://www.freebsdmall.com/">The FreeBSD
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Mall</a>.</p></li>
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<li><p><b>08-Jun-1999</b>
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A new <a href="http://freebsd.itworks.com.au/">Australian FreeBSD
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Web Mirror</a> now exists. Thanks to <a
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href="http://www.itworks.com.au/">ITworks Consulting</a> for
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providing the host.</p></li>
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</ul>
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<h2>May 1999</h2>
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<ul>
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<li><p><b>28-May-1999</b>
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A new committer: <a href="mailto:kevlo@FreeBSD.org">Kevin
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Lo</a></p></li>
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<li><p><b>27-May-1999</b>
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A new committer: <a href="mailto:ru@FreeBSD.org">Ruslan
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Ermilov</a></p></li>
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<li><p><b>26-May-1999</b>
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A new committer: <a href="mailto:mtaylor@FreeBSD.org">Mark J.
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Taylor</a></p></li>
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<li><p><b>18-May-1999</b>
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<a href="&base;/releases/3.2R/announce.html">FreeBSD 3.2</a> has
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been released. Please see the <a
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href="&base;/releases/index.html">Release Information</a> page for
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more details. Also be sure to check the <a
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href="&base;/releases/3.2R/errata.html">release errata</a> after
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installation for any late-breaking issues with 3.2 that you might
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need to be aware of.</p></li>
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</ul>
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<h2>April 1999</h2>
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<ul>
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<li><p><b>30-Apr-1999</b>
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A new committer: <a href="mailto:tom@FreeBSD.org">Tom Hukins</a>
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(Docs)</p></li>
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<li><p><b>22-Apr-1999</b>
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The <a href="&base;/tutorials/docproj-primer/">FreeBSD Documentation
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Project Primer</a> is now available (in the <a
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href="&base;/tutorials/index.html">tutorials section</a>) for people who want to
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learn the technical details of the <a
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href="&base;/docproj/docproj.html">Documentation
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Project</a>.</p></li>
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<li><p><b>15-Apr-1999</b>
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A new committer: <a href="mailto:dick@FreeBSD.org">Richard
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Seaman</a></p></li>
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<li><p><b>13-Apr-1999</b>
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A new committer: <a href="mailto:mharo@FreeBSD.org">Michael
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Haro</a></p></li>
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</ul>
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<h2>March 1999</h2>
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<ul>
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<li><p><b>30-Mar-1999</b>
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A new committer: <a href="mailto:nsayer@FreeBSD.org">Nick
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Sayer</a></p></li>
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<li><p><b>10-Mar-1999</b>
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A new committer: <a href="mailto:jasone@FreeBSD.org">Jason
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Evans</a></p></li>
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<li><p><b>05-Mar-1999</b>
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The <a href="http://www.usenix.org/">USENIX Association</a> has
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announced the <a
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href="http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix99/">1999 USENIX Annual
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Technical Conference</a>, scheduled for 06-11 June 1999 in
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Monterey, CA, USA. Our own Jordan Hubbard is chairing the FREENIX
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Track, devoted to open source software's latest developments and
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interesting applications.</p></li>
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<li><p><b>02-Mar-1999</b>
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A new committer: <a href="mailto:taoka@FreeBSD.org">Satoshi
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TAOKA</a> (Ports)</p></li>
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<li><p><b>01-Mar-1999</b>
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A secure server has been set up to accept monetary donations to
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the FreeBSD Project. For more information, see: <a
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href="http://www.freebsdmall.com/donate/">http://www.freebsdmall.com/donate/</a>.</p></li>
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<li><p><b>01-Mar-1999</b>
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FreeBSD 3.1-RELEASE CDs are now shipping. Subscribers should
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receive their CDs soon. See <a
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href="http://www.wccdrom.com/">http://www.wccdrom.com/</a> to
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order.</p></li>
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</ul>
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<h2>February 1999</h2>
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<ul>
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<li><p><b>25-Feb-1999</b>
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A new committer: <a href="mailto:shige@FreeBSD.org">Shigeyuki
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FUKUSHIMA</a></p></li>
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<li><p><b>23-Feb-1999</b>
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A new committer: <a href="mailto:alc@FreeBSD.org">Alan Cox</a>
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(VM)</p></li>
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<li><p><b>19-Feb-1999</b>
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A new committer: <a href="mailto:kris@FreeBSD.org">Kris
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Kennaway</a></p></li>
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<li><p><b>17-Feb-1999</b>
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The Gartner Group has released a report, <i>Divorcing Thin Server
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Software from the Hardware</i>, examining the trend in the OEM
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market of using software and hardware from different
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vendors.</p></li>
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<li><p><b>15-Feb-1999</b>
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<a href="&base;/releases/3.1R/announce.html">FreeBSD 3.1</a> has
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been released. Please see the <a
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href="&base;/releases/index.html">Release Information</a> page for
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more details. Also be sure to check the <a
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href="&base;/releases/3.1R/errata.html">release errata</a> after
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installation for any late-breaking issues with 3.1 that you might
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need to be aware of.</p></li>
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<li><p><b>04-Feb-1999</b>
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The <a href="http://www.freebsddiary.org/">FreeBSD Diary</a>, a
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collection of how-to entries aimed at Unix novices, is now
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available.</p></li>
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<li><p><b>03-Feb-1999</b>
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A new committer: <a href="mailto:dcs@FreeBSD.org">Daniel
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Sobral</a> (Bootloader)</p></li>
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</ul>
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<h2>January 1999</h2>
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<li><p><b>21-Jan-1999</b>
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A new committer: <a href="mailto:roger@FreeBSD.org">Roger
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Hardiman</a> (bt8x8 driver)</p></li>
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<li><p><b>20-Jan-1999</b> 3.0-STABLE has now departed the -CURRENT
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branch. The next release on this branch will be 3.1-RELEASE,
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in mid-February 1999.</p></li>
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<li><p><b>15-Jan-1999</b>
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A new committer: <a href="mailto:gallatin@FreeBSD.org">Andrew
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Gallatin</a> (Alpha)</p></li>
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<li><p><b>13-Jan-1999</b>
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The <a href="http://www.freebsdzine.org/">FreeBSD ezine</a> is a
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monthly collection of easy to read (we hope) articles written by
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FreeBSD users and administrators just like you.</p></li>
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<li><p><b>10-Jan-99</b>
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Jordan Hubbard's "<a href="sou1999.html">State of the Union</a>",
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a look back at 1998, and a look forward to the future.</p></li>
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<li><p><b>02-Jan-1999</b>
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A new committer: <a href="mailto:simokawa@FreeBSD.org">Hidetoshi
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Shimokawa</a> (Alpha/Ports)</p></li>
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