On Thu, 24 Jan 2008, Troy Dawson wrote:

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>> NB is 4.6 still on? Just curious, I'm not actually waiting for it. Or are
>> you planning to wait until 4.7 (the last SL4 update?) ?
>
> Yes, SL 4.6 is still planned.
> Since more people wanted SL 5.1 we devoted all of our time to it and just let

And BTW, thanks a lot for doing it this way!

> SL 4.6 stagnate.  We're still cleaning up the last of SL 5.1 (there always 
> seems to be a week of work after the release), and working on SLF 5.1 
> (figuring out how to do Fermilab's workgroups).
> But we are not starting the wheels moving again on SL 4.6.  Expect to see 
> some updates next week.  Since there isn't as many installer changes, 
> hopefully it will be quicker to get out than SL 5.1 was.  (Also, no major 
> holidays in the middle of development)

And no X-stream invention either, hopefully.

I don't consider SL5.1 late. One finds the statement 'minor updates have 
become pretty major lately' on TUV folks' slides these days, and I think 
they're right.

Thanks once more,
 	Stephan

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