[FreeBSD-Announce] FreeBSD 2.2.9 Released!

Sat Apr 2 11:15:36 UTC 2016

Sorry,
Just to Ask a newbie question, is this a newest version of FreeBSD ? Or it's April 1 ... ?? 

Best regards,
Chan

> On 2 Apr 2016, at 12:29 AM, Ruslan Ermilov <ru at FreeBSD.org> wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> At Nginx, we are committed to supporting a wide range of
> BSD-like operating systems and their releases.  It's our
> great pleasure to report that it's now again possible to
> build current nginx sources with FreeBSD 2.2.9.  We know
> that many highload setups still use this FreeBSD version.
> 
>> On Fri, Apr 01, 2016 at 01:45:04PM +0000, Maxim Dounin wrote:
>> details:   http://hg.nginx.org/nginx/rev/8426275a13fd
>> branches:  
>> changeset: 6500:8426275a13fd
>> user:      Maxim Dounin <mdounin at mdounin.ru>
>> date:      Fri Apr 01 16:38:31 2016 +0300
>> description:
>> Compatibility with FreeBSD 2.2.9.
>> 
>> Added (RTLD_NOW | RTLD_GLOBAL) to dlopen() test.  There is no RTLD_GLOBAL
>> on FreeBSD 2.2.9.
>> 
>> Added uint32_t test, with fallback to u_int32_t, similar to uint64_t one.
>> Added fallback to u_int32_t in in_addr_t test.
>> 
>> With these changes it is now possible to compile nginx on FreeBSD 2.2.9
>> with only few minor warnings (assuming -Wno-error).
> 
>> On Sat, Apr 01, 2006 at 01:30:09PM -0700, Scott Long wrote:
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>> It is my great pleasure and privilege to announce the availability of
>> FreeBSD 2.2.9-RELEASE.  This release is the culmination of SEVENTY-SEVEN
>> months of tireless work by the FreeBSD developers, users, their children,
>> and their pets.  Significant features in this release:
>> 
>> - - XFree86 3.3.3, the industry leader in support for cutting edge PCI
>>  graphics adapters and 2D acceleration.
>> - - The 8GB barrier in IDE drive sizes has finally been broken.  The wd(4)
>>  driver now supports unimaginable sizes of 137GB on a single drive!
>> - - Support for all of the latest high-speed FAST-WIDE (20MB/s) SCSI-2
>>  controllers.
>> - - The Linux emulator is now able to run Quake2 out-of-the-box.
>> 
>> A full description of the release can be found here:
>> 
>>  ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/i386/2.2.9-RELEASE/README.TXT
>>  ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/i386/2.2.9-RELEASE/RELNOTES.TXT
>> 
>> 
>> Availability
>> -------------
>> 
>> FreeBSD 2.2.9-RELEASE supports the i386 architecture and can be installed
>> directly over the net using bootable media or copied to a local NFS/FTP
>> server.
>> 
>> Please continue to support the FreeBSD Project by purchasing media
>> from one of our supporting vendors.  The following companies will be
>> offering FreeBSD 2.2.9 based products:
>> 
>> ~   FreeBSD Mall, Inc.        http://www.freebsdmall.com/
>> ~   Daemonnews, Inc.          http://www.bsdmall.com/freebsd1.html
>> 
>> If you can't afford FreeBSD on media, are impatient, or just want to
>> use it for evangelism purposes, then by all means download the ISO
>> images.  We can't promise that all the mirror sites will carry the
>> larger ISO images, but they will at least be available from the
>> following sites.
>> 
>> FTP
>> ---
>> 
>> At the time of this announcement the following FTP sites have FreeBSD
>> 2.2.9-RELEASE available.
>> 
>>  ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases
>> 
>> FreeBSD is also available via anonymous FTP from mirror sites in the
>> following countries: Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada,
>> China, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany,
>> Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Japan, Korea, Lithuania,
>> the Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland, Portugal, Romania,
>> Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain,
>> Sweden, Taiwan, Thailand, Ukraine, and the United Kingdom.
>> 
>> Before trying the central FTP site, please check your regional
>> mirror(s) first by going to:
>> 
>> ftp://ftp.<yourdomain>.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD
>> 
>> Any additional mirror sites will be labeled ftp2, ftp3 and so on.
>> 
>> More information about FreeBSD mirror sites can be found at:
>> 
>> http://www.FreeBSD.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/mirrors-ftp.html
>> 
>> For instructions on installing FreeBSD, please see Chapter 2 of The
>> FreeBSD Handbook.  It provides a complete installation walk-through
>> for users new to FreeBSD, and can be found online at:
>> 
>> http://www.FreeBSD.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/install.html
>> 
>> Acknowledgments
>> ----------------
>> 
>> The release engineering team for 2.2.9-RELEASE includes:
>> 
>> Scott Long <scottl at FreeBSD.org>         Release Engineering
>> Ruslan Ermilov <ru at FreeBSD.org>        I386, creative director
>> Sniffy The Wonder Cat            Warrm lap, typing assistance
>> Max The Dancing Cat            Early morning wakeups, QA
>> Sammy The Tiny Cat            Face licks, QA
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> Ruslan Ermilov
> ru at FreeBSD.org
> FreeBSD committer
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