Subject: Re: Question about 1.5.3 and 1.6 releases
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From: Emile Schwarz <emile.schwarz@wanadoo.fr>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 06/11/2002 10:42:23
Hi all,

1.6 do not uses ELF ?

Cheers,

Emile

Bernd Sieker wrote:
> 
> On 10.06.02, 16:33:43, Eric J. Feldhusen wrote:
> > I was just wondering, has the 1.5.3 release been dumped in
> >  favor of the 1.6 release? In other words, don't expect a
> >  1.5.3 release and expect a 1.6 release for end of june per
> >  release page?
> 
> Both releases will go ahead as planned. It has happened before that a
> patch release for an older branch (here: 1.5.3) and a new minor
> release (here: 1.6) follow one another very closely. 1.5.3 is for all
> those that do not want to make the big step to 1.6 (yet), but rather
> stay with 1.5.x, but have all the latest bug fixes and security
> patches.
> 
> Upgrading only to a new patch release is usually very easy and all
> installed programs continue to function normally. This is not always
> the case with a new minor relase, where some important internals have
> often been changed (in 1.6 most notably the unified buffer cache,
> "UBC").
> 
> Regards,
> 
> --
> Bernd Sieker
> 
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