The new FreeBSD 4.8 Release schedule has been announced. Hidetoshi Shimokawa has added new functionality to Firewire on this scheduled FreeBSD 4.8 release. New features include built-in DV support, improved recovery process & timeout stability and Write/ioctl support for /dev/fwmem0. He has not tested this on PAL and is looking for volunteers.
FreeBSD 4.8 Release Schedule Announced, Firewire Updates Added
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I thought 5.0 was just released, what’s up with this 4.8 stuff?
I’m guessing it works sorta like linux kernel development works. Go to kernel.org, you’ll see that even though 2.4.x is what is “latest stable”, there are still people who develop the 2.2.x branch. Just because you release seomething new, doesnt mean you should stop all that isnt new. They’ve made it quite clear that 5.0 isnt meant for production systems, so i think it’s only logical for them to keep releasing 4.x stuff until 5.0 IS ready.
Opposite, wtf to you. You need to do the research and read more over at freebsd.org, search in freebsd’s maillist. Also, search for FreeBSD articles in here.
The 4.8 is part of the -STABLE series while 5.0-RELEASE isn’t on the -STABLE track just yet. 5.0 was released for “early adopters” to port their software over to. 5.1 or 5.2 will be the first in the 5.x to be branded as -STABLE which in short means for every one to adopt and use.
Yes very offtopic, please post somewhere else.
Opposite, wtf to you. You need to do the research and read more over at freebsd.org, search in freebsd’s maillist. Also, search for FreeBSD articles in here.
It really isn’t very intuitive that FreeBSD comes out with a 4.x release after a 5.x release. I myself don’t have a problem understanding it, but I can see why a newbie might. Yes, it isn’t that hard to do the research, but it also isn’t that hard to answer politely when someone asks a question.
Anyone know the difference between CURRENT & RELEASE?
It seems like I’ve heard CURRENT and RELEASE used interchangably for 5.0, even in their documentation (readme, etc).
I’ll wait for FreeBsD 5.2 (yes, 5.2 was what I meant).
It really isn’t very intuitive that FreeBSD comes out with a 4.x release after a 5.x release. I myself don’t have a problem understanding it, but I can see why a newbie might. Yes, it isn’t that hard to …
Newbies ? That’s the risk they assumed. I think they did it quite fine and with plenty of warning information.
It’s better to have more bug reports than only a few.
I think, you already knew.. Anyway, check at http://www.freebsd.org ‘s handbook. It explains pretty loud clear about the difference on the branches.
The answer to 2/3 of that question: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/current-s…
A RELEASE is simply a CD release made from STABLE or CURRENT
Will the 4.8 release include the new KDE 3.1?
Probably, but you don’t have to update the entire system just to get that. Simply use the ports and/or package system instead.
pkg_add -r kde for a binary installation or use cvsup to get the latest source.
Newbies ? That’s the risk they assumed. I think they did it quite fine and with plenty of warning information.
It’s better to have more bug reports than only a few.
You misunderstood me. I’m only saying that, to someone with no experience with freebsd, it might seem strange that a 5.x release is made, and only weeks later, a 4.x release is made. It really doesn’t make a lot of sense intuitively.
Will the 4.8 release include the new KDE 3.1?
Yes, check.. -> http://freebsd.kde.org and http://www.freshports.org
If you are talking about include the CD package, then I think it should be. But, I recommend you to not install anything from CD package and use ports.
Ports are preferable, but depending on the power of your machine and your internet link speed, packages for large applications might be a better compromise.