Subject: Re: When is the next release or snapshot due?
To: dennis <dennis@etinc.com>
From: Perry E. Metzger <perry@piermont.com>
List: port-i386
Date: 06/04/1997 12:31:20
dennis writes:
> At 09:57 AM 6/4/97 -0400, rvb@IGW.TRUST.CS.CMU.EDU wrote:
> >I just took a look at the 1.2D area in
> >	pub/NetBSD/arch/i386/snap-970324/NetBSD-1.2D
> >This is a binary release with no sources.
> >
> >Since official releases come so infrequently, when you make the 1.2E
> >binaries could you also put the source in the snap area.  This way
> >people can use the new code and hack the sources w/o having to hang
> >out on -current which changes too frequently.
> >
> 
> Is this "infrequently" going to be the continuing policy?

No -- we are working on trying to get things to twice a year, and
eventually more often than that.

A 1.3 cut should happen "soon".

Perry