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Re: New Slackware version

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On Sun, 23 Aug 2015 09:49:49 -0400, Michael Black wrote:

> On Sat, 23 Aug 2015, Dan C wrote:
> 
>> On Sat, 22 Aug 2015 11:41:30 +0000, Eef Hartman wrote:
>>
>>> It seems, from the latest set of updates to -current, that a new
>>> release is getting nearer:
>>>> Fri Aug 21 21:17:48 UTC 2015 a/aaa_elflibs-14.2-i586-1.txz: 
>>>> Upgraded.
>>>> a/dosfstools-3.0.28-i586-1.txz:  Upgraded.
>>>> a/etc-14.2-i586-2.txz:  Rebuilt.
>>>         ^^^^
>>> and that the version will be 14.2 (see the version of aaa_elflibs
>>> too). So maybe someone should start a new "fun and games" competition
>>> for the release date (and no, I'm NOT volunteering for that).
>>
>> Dammit!  I was betting on 15.0!  :)
>>
> Considering 14.1 came out in early November of 2013, yes, a major
> release seems to be overdue.  On the other hand, maybe things have
> slowed down upstream enough that the time between major releases will
> increase.
> 
> Of course, if he's not careful, we'll end up with having to make a jump
> at some point, when the other distributions have much bigger release
> numbers,
> making Slackware look like it's not been updated in a long time.

...which has happened before...



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New Slackware version Eef Hartman <E.J.M.Hartman@gmail.com> - 2015-08-22 11:41 +0000
  Re: New Slackware version Dan C <youmustbejoking@lan.invalid> - 2015-08-23 03:57 +0000
    Re: New Slackware version Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2015-08-23 09:49 -0400
      Re: New Slackware version Doug713705 <doug.letough@free.fr> - 2015-08-24 18:30 +0200
        Re: New Slackware version noel <deletethis@invalin.lan> - 2015-08-25 09:51 +1000
          Re: New Slackware version "Rinaldi J. Montessi" <rinaldi@notaserver.com> - 2015-08-24 21:50 -0500
            Re: New Slackware version Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2015-08-25 11:27 -0400
            Re: New Slackware version noel <deletethis@invalin.lan> - 2015-08-26 11:10 +1000
              Re: New Slackware version Eef Hartman <E.J.M.Hartman@gmail.com> - 2016-01-13 09:35 +0000
          Re: New Slackware version "Mr. Mxyztplk" <user@foobar.com.invalid> - 2015-09-04 17:19 +0000
      Re: New Slackware version Dan C <youmustbejoking@lan.invalid> - 2015-08-28 03:26 +0000
        Re: New Slackware version Eef Hartman <E.J.M.Hartman@gmail.com> - 2015-12-29 11:07 +0000
          Re: New Slackware version "Cpt (aka Cor Takken)" <cpt@cpt1.nospampleasedemon.nl> - 2015-12-29 16:38 +0100
            Re: New Slackware version John McCue <jmccue@jmclin0.bstnma.east.verizon.net> - 2015-12-29 19:58 +0000
            Re: New Slackware version Lew Pitcher <lew.pitcher@digitalfreehold.ca> - 2015-12-29 15:05 -0500
              Re: New Slackware version "Cpt (aka Cor Takken)" <cpt@cpt1.nospampleasedemon.nl> - 2015-12-30 09:47 +0100
          Re: New Slackware version King Beowulf <kingbeowulf@nomail.com> - 2016-01-01 19:08 +0000
            Re: New Slackware version andrew <andrew@skamandros.invalid> - 2016-01-01 21:50 +0000
              Re: New Slackware version Eef Hartman <E.J.M.Hartman@gmail.com> - 2016-01-01 22:26 +0000
                Re: New Slackware version Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2016-01-01 23:43 -0500
                Re: New Slackware version Eef Hartman <E.J.M.Hartman@gmail.com> - 2016-01-02 07:14 +0000
                Re: New Slackware version Peter Chant <pete@petezilla.co.uk> - 2016-01-02 12:50 +0000
          Re: New Slackware version Eef Hartman <E.J.M.Hartman@gmail.com> - 2016-01-13 09:39 +0000
            Re: New Slackware version noel <deletethis@invalin.lan> - 2016-01-13 23:41 +1000
              Re: New Slackware version Henrik Carlqvist <Henrik.Carlqvist@deadspam.com> - 2016-01-13 19:34 +0000

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