> For a most likely to work sun4 suite, which exact release/snapshot
> should I start with?

I'd like to know about the state of affairs as close to 1.4 as possible,
so I suggest to start with a snapshot that I'll build shortly (as soon
as I can get my sources up-to-date), the first in a series leading
to 1.4.  I'll notify this list whenever snapshots become available.

-pk