Subject: Re: NetBSD 1.5.3 ? (was NetBSD 1.6 Release Schedule)
To: Julio Merino <jmmv@hispabsd.org>
From: Steve Brown <netbsd@prayforwind.com>
List: netbsd-users
Date: 06/20/2002 05:01:21
On June 20, 2002 04:34 am, Julio Merino wrote:
> On Wed, 19 Jun 2002 18:43:35 -0400
>
> "Steve Brown" <netbsd@prayforwind.com> wrote:
> > What about 1.5.3? Will there be a release for it or will they go
> > straight to 1.6? (I'm a newbie and "stable" won't boot for me. 1.5.2
> > boots my machine but it's version of X does not include support for my
> > graphics adaptor, need xfree 3.3.6_1 or better).
>
> 1.5.3 won't include X 4.2, and I don't think that 1.6 will. If you want
> this version of X, you will need to compile it yourself from the 'xsrc'
> cvs tree. IIRC, there are some prebuilt packages somewhere...
Don't need X4.2, just 3.3.6 (3.3.5 missing my hardware "driver"). So, I
gather there -will- be a 1.5.3 release? Anyone have any idea when?
Thanks, Steve