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   Message 6,936 of 8,232   
   Dan Clough to Richard Falken   
   Re: Slackware Linux 15 Alpha 1 Released   
   16 Feb 21 07:46:00   
   
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   PID: Synchronet 3.18c-Linux master/b6411a36e Jan 24 2021 GCC 5.5.0   
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   -=> Richard Falken wrote to All <=-   
      
    RF> Hi people!   
      
    RF> Slackware 15 is getting there, after an absurdly long wait.   
      
    RF> From the changelong: "I'm not quite ready to call this beta yet,   
    RF> but you can call it 15.0-alpha 1."   
      
   Yes, happy to see that also this morning.   
      
    RF> Apparently there are some issues getting Firefox and Thunderbird   
    RF> to work with the Rust compiler, but at least there is a clear   
    RF> plan this time.   
      
    RF> Therefore:   
      
    RF> I suggest we all go celebrate right now, with bourbon and   
    RF> hookers!   
      
   Sounds good, but maybe a bit early.  I suspect it will be several more    
   months yet, before an actual release of 15.0.   
      
   I'll predict May 20th.   
      
      
      
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