Subject: Re: 1.4 schedule (was Re: From 1.3.3 to -current.)
To: John Nemeth <jnemeth@cue.bc.ca>
From: Perry E. Metzger <perry@piermont.com>
List: current-users
Date: 03/19/1999 10:09:55
John Nemeth <jnemeth@cue.bc.ca> writes:
> } ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-current/doc/CHANGES
> 
>      I find this document to be much too fine grained.  I'm not
> interested in every little bug fix.  What I would like to see a
> document that just gives the highlights, i.e.:

Unfortunately, we have no such document written. HOWEVER, if you were
to write one, or if a set of people were to collaborate on one, I
would happily add it to the release docs for 1.4. Indeed, we need such 
a thing...

> 
> new arch:  bebox, PPC, sparc64, ...
> new drivers:  pciide, ex, ...
> UVM
> USB
> /etc/nsswitch.conf
> 32 bit dev_t
> scheduler enhancements
> ...
> 
> A document with just these kinds of things would be very nice.  The
> above is a start.  Perhaps, if we all work together, we could produce
> a suitable document.
> 
> }-- End of excerpt from "Perry E. Metzger"