FreeBSD 3.5.1-RELEASE Now Available

Cabal writes: "FreeBSD 3.5.1-RELEASE is now available for the x86 and alpha architectures. There have been a few important changes in both the kernel and userland, plus several security fixes were included. Most important is the inclusion of the new kerberos security updates. 3.5.1 is the continuation and most likely final release of the 3.x branch. New development continues on 5.x. The release notes have the full details on what's changed, you can download 3.5.1 from here or the i386 ISO image from here." But why no CVS tag? Read on for the explanation. . .

In this message to the -announce mailing list, Jordan wrote: CVS TAGS: Because of the relatively minor nature of this point release, it was done quietly and without much in the way of fanfare or even a tag. Tags are very expensive in CVS (they shouldn't be, but they are) and one was deemed unworth the overhead in this case. Anyone trying to reproduce 3.5.1 should simply build with the RELENG_3 tag given that changes to that branch have been extremely light since the re-roll and will produce results identical enough as not to matter. If you really must put your rifle sights over that exact part of the source tree, use -D "July 21, 2000" for your check-out.

Comments

Glad at least SOMEONE pays attention

[Daeron]

I posted this Exact some Anouncement Twice and it got Rejected BOTH times .....