On Sun, 21 Dec 2003, Adam K Kirchhoff wrote:

> Since 1.6.2 is only supposed to be a maintenance release for 1.6.1, will
> it include the SMP x86 support and the new threading library?

No. Certainly no pthreads. You might still be able to find patches
against 1.6 for SMP floating around, but that would likely require
some effort to pull forward to 1.6.2. Current is a better bet. SMP
under current is quite usable these days.

Frederick