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<em>From <a href="mailto:jkh@FreeBSD.org">jkh</a>, November 4th:</em>
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<p>FreeBSD's development stream has, as of today, branched into the
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<b>2.2-RELEASE</b> and <b>3.0-<a href="handbook/current.html">CURRENT</a></b>
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development streams. The <b>2.1-<a href="handbook/stable.html">STABLE</a></b>
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branch is also still alive, soon to terminate (for real, this time)
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with the impending release of <b>FreeBSD-2.1.6</b>.</p>
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<p>This branch has occurred so that <b>2.2</b> may be readied for release
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without impacting significant new developments, like SMP support, in the
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mainstream <a href="handbook/current.html">-current</a> branch.
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<p>Modulo any of our usual two-week slips here and there, here is
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our release schedule for 96/97:</p>
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<h3>December 1996</h3>
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<ul>
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<li><b>FreeBSD 2.1.6-RELEASE</b>
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<p>End of <b>2.1-STABLE</b> branch.</p>
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</ul>
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<h3>January 1997</h3>
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<ul>
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<li><b>FreeBSD 2.2-RELEASE</b>
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<p>Beginning of <b>2.2-STABLE</b>.</p>
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</ul>
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<h3>Spring 1997</h3>
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<ul>
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<li><b>FreeBSD 2.2.x-RELEASE</b>
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<p>Bugfix release for <b>2.2R</b> along <b>2.2-STABLE</b> branch.</p>
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</ul>
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<p>This is also probably as good a time as any to announce that new
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XFree86 <a href="ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/XFree86/3.2/binaries">
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3.2 binaries</a>, with early <a href="http://www.matrox.com">Matrox</a>
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support, are available.</p>
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<p>Thanks to <a href="http://www.xfree86.org">The XFree86 project</a>
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for the timely release, which will be distributed with <b>2.2-RELEASE</b>
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and <b>2.1.6-RELEASE</b>.
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<p>Lest there be any confusion about the <b>2.1.6</b> and <b>2.2</b> releases
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coming so close together, let me also just explain that the two branches of
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development had really very little to do with one another, and the fact
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that both branches came to release status around the same time was
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simply how the scheduling worked out. When engineering is allowed
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to do the scheduling, it rarely employs traditional marketing
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stratagems. :)</p>
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<p>In summary:</p>
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<ul>
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<li><b>2.1.6-RELEASE</b> is aimed squarely at commercial users who don't need
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to be on the leading edge of development but favor things like stability
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and a long test-cycle instead. 2.1-<a href="handbook/stable.html">STABLE</a>
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has had only incremental refinements made to it since <b>2.1.5</b> was
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released, and <b>2.1.6</b> will end what we feel to have been a very
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successful branch.<p></p>
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<li><b>2.2-RELEASE</b> will begin introducing the more leading edge
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technologies we've been developing over the year that
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<a href="handbook/stable.html">-stable</a> has run in parallel,
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and will also be entering bug-fix mode after its release. Existing
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-stable customers will be encouraged to make the jump to 2.2-STABLE
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some time after <b>2.2</b>'s release, once the first round of customer
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PRs have come back and been acted on.<p></p>
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<li><b>3.0-CURRENT</b> is now the bleeding edge of development, and where
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all new development takes place. Until code freeze on the 10th
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of November, changes may also be marked "For 2.2-RELEASE" and
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they will be brought into that branch as necessary. After code
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freeze, it will have to be a clearly important bug fix to make
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it in before the release date.<p></p>
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Many significant changes are planned for <b>3.0</b>, and those interested
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in its development should subscribe to the freebsd-current
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<a href="handbook/eresources.html">mailing list</a> (send mail to
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<a href="mailto:majordomo@freebsd.org">majordomo@freebsd.org</a>).
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</ul>
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<p>As always, <em>all</em> branches of FreeBSD development are available
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from a single CVS repository which may be freely replicated
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to your own machine (see <a href="handbook/handbook.html">the handbook</a>) or
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<a href="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi">browsed</a> via
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the WEB.
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<p>Please don't hesitate to use this valuable resource!</p>
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<p></p>
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<em>Note for CDROM customers</em>:
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<p>If you are a regular FreeBSD
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<a href="http://www.cdrom.com/titles/os/freebsd.htm">subscription customer</a>
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of <a href="http://www.cdrom.com/">Walnut Creek CDROM</a>, you will receive
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both <b>2.1.6</b> and <b>2.2</b> releases. Making each release a full CD
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distribution was the only way of ensuring that each would meet the quality
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expectations of each customer base, and any customer who feels they would
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have preferred to receive only one release may contact the
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<a href="mailto:orders@cdrom.com">the orders department</a> at Walnut
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Creek CDROM at any time for a full refund or credit towards the next
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subscription issue.</p>
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