Subject: Re: 1.4 schedule (was Re: From 1.3.3 to -current.)
To: John Nemeth <jnemeth@cue.bc.ca>
From: Perry E. Metzger <perry@piermont.com>
List: current-users
Date: 03/19/1999 10:09:55
John Nemeth <jnemeth@cue.bc.ca> writes:
> } ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-current/doc/CHANGES
>
> I find this document to be much too fine grained. I'm not
> interested in every little bug fix. What I would like to see a
> document that just gives the highlights, i.e.:
Unfortunately, we have no such document written. HOWEVER, if you were
to write one, or if a set of people were to collaborate on one, I
would happily add it to the release docs for 1.4. Indeed, we need such
a thing...
>
> new arch: bebox, PPC, sparc64, ...
> new drivers: pciide, ex, ...
> UVM
> USB
> /etc/nsswitch.conf
> 32 bit dev_t
> scheduler enhancements
> ...
>
> A document with just these kinds of things would be very nice. The
> above is a start. Perhaps, if we all work together, we could produce
> a suitable document.
>
> }-- End of excerpt from "Perry E. Metzger"