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FreeBSD 4.6 Release Delayed

Posted by michael on from the when-it's-ready dept.

Dan writes "Bruce A. Mah from the FreeBSD Release Engineering team announced that due to some late-breaking issues, 4.6 will be released about a week later than originally planned."

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  1. Sheesh! by Lethyos · · Score: 4, Funny

    Haven't you editors heard yet? BSD is dying! Get with the program and post another Linux 2.5 patch level increment announcement. Thank you!

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    Why bother.
  2. Re:Major commercial support for (Free)(Open)(Net)B by loply · · Score: 2, Funny

    Uhm, there's some little company, I think its called... Apple? :)

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  3. Shoot by Greenrider · · Score: 3, Funny

    Well, there goes my weekend. Leave it to Slashdot to be the bearer of bad news.

    ...oh wait...no FreeBSD? I thought they said no free LSD.

  4. Re:Not too bad by vchoy · · Score: 2, Funny
    He summed it up well.
    Good to see how the quality of the release takes precedence over any deadlines. That's the way it should be. I'd rather have FreeBSD 4.6 a month late than have a buggy one now.

    Code release: Free BSD: 7 days delay - Secure + very rare security patches
    MS: 7 months late (only binaries) and then... urmm...SP1 +reboot+SP2+reboot +SP2a...oh stuff it...http://www.windowsupdate.com
    BSD wins

    Marketing: Free BSD: 4.6 + /. MS: 2000/XP + $Marketing$
    Afterall 2000 is 434.78260869565217391304347826087 times better than 4.6
    My calculator refuses to give me a comparision for XP/4.6 ....always displays '0'.
    You be the Judge of this one...