Subject: Re: Difference between 1.3I in snap-19981207 & snap-19990131?
To: None <alicia@cyberstation.ca>
From: Bill Studenmund <skippy@macro.Stanford.EDU>
List: port-i386
Date: 02/02/1999 17:29:32
On Tue, 2 Feb 1999 Havard.Eidnes@runit.sintef.no wrote:

> > What is the difference between the NetBSD ix86 1.3I snapshots
> > released nearly two months apart?  Since snap-19981207 contains
> > NetBSD 1.3I, would it not make sense to call the NetBSD release
> > in snap-19990131 NetBSD 1.3J?
> 
> The letter in the -current version designation is AFAIK bumped
> each time a major internal interface change is introduced.  As
> for the changes between the two versions, well, hmm, see e.g.
> doc/CHANGES for the major changes, and see source-changes for the
> complete overview.

right. The idea with the letters is that when they change, your lkm's are
now broken.

Take care,

Bill