Subject: RE: 1.4.1 when?
To: 'NetBSD Port-Amiga ML' <port-amiga@netbsd.org>
From: Job Hanssen <hanssen@dds.nl>
List: port-amiga
Date: 08/01/1999 12:51:16
> -----Original Message-----
> From: port-amiga-owner@netbsd.org
> [mailto:port-amiga-owner@netbsd.org]On
> Behalf Of Ignatios Souvatzis
> Sent: zondag 1 augustus 1999 11:44
> To: Job Hanssen
> Cc: 'NetBSD Port-Amiga ML'
> Subject: Re: 1.4.1 when?
>
>
> On Sun, Aug 01, 1999 at 10:07:05AM +0200, Job Hanssen wrote:
> > Hello Ignatios,
> >
> > I just messed up my NetBSD-1.3.2 Amiga system (don't ask...
> just remember to
> > ALWAYS label your backuptapes correctly...). To get things
> right again
> > requires me to do a complete new install.
> >
> > Now, rather than doing a new install tomorrow and then
> follow the upgrade
> > path to 1.4.1 when it's released, I'd just wait for 1.4.1 -
> if it doesn't
> > take to long. Installing 1.4 now is not an option as I've
> got to download
> > everything over my 28K8 modem, while I've got 1.3.2 on cdrom.
> >
> > Could you please give me an indication of when you think
> 1.4.1 will be
> > released? Is it a matter of days, weeks or rather months?
> I'm not asking for
> > a releasedate and will not shoot anyone if it turns out
> that more time is
> > needed to get a stable release (I'd rather wait a little
> longer than to have
> > to do some patching afterwards).
>
> 1.4.1 should be a matter of days, but I don't know. the Amiga
> port is ready,
> but we're waiting for others.

Ha! Great, in that case I'll just go to the beach for a few days :-)

> However, I understand you want to know when NetBSD-1.4.1 _on
> CD_ be available.
> This I can't tell, but I guess it will be a matter of weeks
> after the official
> release date...

I understand. However, I think I'm not gonna wait _that_ long, probably
going to get a faster modem, or try to get our systems administrator at work
to download everything for me and burn it onto a cdrom.

> Regards,
> 	Ignatios

Thanks again,

Job Hanssen