Subject: Re: /pub/NetBSD-daily/ what is what? p.2
To: =?UTF-8?B?UHJ6ZW15c8WCYXcgUGF3ZcWCY3p5aw==?= <pp@kv.net.pl>
From: Jan Danielsson <jan.m.danielsson@gmail.com>
List: netbsd-users
Date: 03/24/2007 16:24:08
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Przemys=C5=82aw Pawe=C5=82czyk wrote:
> I've read the file:
> ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD-daily/README
> but it is more misleading than explainig:
> netbsd-4   - The 4.0_BETA2 pre-release branch (to become NetBSD 4.0)
>=20
> "netbsd 4" contains 4.99.16 which is closer to 5.0 than 4.0. What the h=
*'s going on?

  I gave up trying to understand version numbers a long time ago. (Not
NetBSD-specific).

> Where's the information about releases logically and clearly explained =
on first few pages of official NetBSD WWW? Why new user is being kept bli=
nd on the subjects of developing roadmap and current works on NetBSD?

   http://www.netbsd.org/Releases/release-map.html ?

   (As far as logic and clarity goes, I'm not sure you will be happy.
Versioning is a subjective art, rather than an objective science).


--=20
Kind regards,
Jan Danielsson



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