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Does soemone know of the release date for Slackware 14 please

There is no release date for Slackware, It gets released when Pat and team feel its ready. On average this happens every 6 to 12 months.

Gotta like that about the Slackware team. I really how they stay true to their objectives and goals; it's such a rarity these days.

Who says the next release won't be 13.2 ?

Does someone absolutely have to ask, EVERY TIME !?!

Ha-ha, it would seem that this is the case. :)
If the Slackware team follows past precedent then the next version of Slackware will be 13.2. There is no pre-set release date. Patrick will release the next stable version of Slackware after it has been thoroughly tested and it meets his standards for excellence.

It will be out by Christmas...but not necessarily this year. :)

Cinco de Mayo.

Is anyone sporting enough to wager a guess on when, perhaps judging from where "current" is right now?

Note: I tend to not touch current.

That's how you know it's not ready, yet :)

Its like the kids saying:
"Are we there yet!"

As Eric said in another thread:
Patience, grasshopper.

It will be released on the 19th.

19th? of Yolanda?

samac

Sure. I sure it will probably be released around the 19th of one of months, give or take 3 weeks.

31st of February.

Hold your horses brian. We haven't even started the "Big, Silly, Just for fun, Sweepstakes" yet! ;)

P.S. I'll reserve that date for you, but I don't think you're gonna win this time.

As usual...always a loser. :cry: :)

Okay, I get it now. It will be released when I can take the pebble from your hand.

By the way, what's the pet name for the forthcoming release -- Slacking Sloth?

Regards,

Terrifying Tapeworm

Darth Slackware

No, we don't need any silly names, any alliterative animals, any Pixar puppet personnel. A number, that's all. KISS.

You're saying that Gene Simmons is the new face of Slackware!?! :eek:







:)

Yeah, he'd lick it into shape. :p

Slackware has deadlines of quality not time. Absolutely fine by me!

I've consulted some zombie chickens (or are they cats, it's hard to tell) and they confirm the next version of slackware will be 13.666.

The number of legs ought to give you a clue...

Unless they're some sort of Frankenchicken.

Statistically a new release will be out by 8 months from the last release. Sometimes more and sometimes less. So then about January/February nest year you might start expecting for some release preparations.

Ref. to previous releases:

10.0 June 23, 2004
10.1 February 2, 2005
10.2 September 14, 2005
11.0 October 2, 2006
12.0 July 1, 2007
12.1 May 2, 2008
12.2 December 10, 2008
13.0 August 26, 2009
13.1 May 24, 2010

Statistics are good, however, I've found that swinging a dead cat over my shoulder, using divining rods, and staring at cold tea leaves yields acceptable results when predicting release dates for Slackware stable.
Praise Bob. :)

You guys should run -current. It changes much more often than stable. However, it is less exciting than anticipating a new release. :)

Don't make Pat pull this distro over to the side of the road! ;)

Yeah, if you run slackware -current, and also subscribes to the new versions(CD/DVD) from slackware.org you get the best solutions. Check out AlienBob's blog as well for new packages:

http://alien.slackbook.org/blog/

If Slackware 14 (or 13.2) will be released "when it's ready" then the obvious question is....

"What are the criteria for it to be ready?"

Anyone have a clue about that?

The RC will be released on a Wednesday but the official announcement will be 20 days later just to make you sweat.

I suppose there's only a criteria: when Pat thinks it is. :)

When all the package upgrades have been completed and they have all been tested to work well with eachother.
BTW... there was an xorg update today.

Yep, Pat's keeping us guessing this cycle. Every time I start to think "Well, this must be about ready....", he knocks out another big set of updates and it's back to "Hmmm... still a few weeks off then".

IMHO, when somebody is not a developer (like me), dont need a new kernel to support for hardware or system packages like Xorg, glibc ...dont need a new versions of libs for compling, have a fully working and wonderfull stable system, how is main reason for upgrade?

Hi,

If it's working, don't fix it!

RC soon?
:hattip:

If you use KDE as a Desktop Environment with 13.1 then there are some problems. KDE SC 4.4.3 is not stable.

Having said that; I've never had a problem when I wasn't using KDE; but you have to judge an OS as a full package.

Do you think that Pat doesn't give (approximate) release dates because that way more people are likely to use -current and therefore test and report on bugs? Just a theory.

Kids don't say that in my car ;)

I cured my daughter of that when she was a wee lass.

Everytime she asked, "Are we there yet?" I answered, "Why, YES WE ARE!"

Because, for anyone who's ever watched Peter Weller in Buckaroo Banzai it is already clear...

"No Matter where you go.... There you are."

Now, as I recall, Wasn't Patrick poking fun at version numbers again just a few weeks ago?

I recall some "42" jokes and something else... ;)

1337 ftw

depends on number inflation version numbers are just that current has no version number only corporations need them so....

Wow. Another reason to like slackware and slackers. Where else can you get a references to "42" and Buckaroo Banzai in one post.

That's because Slackware is not a distro, it's a state of mind:)

Let's hope it's not the state of my mind, or we're all deep in the brown smelly stuff. :D

But if you upgrade to KDE 4.4.5 from alien's repository, it' solid as a rock.

Speaking of which, I don't know if alien will keep the 4.4.5 packages on his website after the next Slackware comes out. If not I'm going to have at least one machine still running 13.1 for awhile (it does everything I need it to do; why f#%k with it?) and will therefore be hanging onto a copy of all the third-party packages that are installed on it. So if anyone winds up needing 4.4.5 (which is so superior to 4.4.3 it's ridiculous)they need only to ask.

LOL

Some people also say that your Slackware is what you eat.

"Slackware" doesn't sound like a food item. It sounds more like a utensil. Like a tried and true cooking utensil that still out performs all other cooking utensils. Like Cast Iron. Durable, Non Stick, Best for all types of stoves including the fancy induction, It makes you stronger by using it, It's not for everybody, Its usefulness can't be disputed, And it will continue to stay relevant and productive long past its manufacturing date.

I like my Slackware. What should I make with it today?

Slackware. It's like Cast Iron: Good, Heavy and Durable.
It won't bend but can be broken. (But only by Chuck Norris)

Slackware 13.2 release date: 2011 of 2011 yr 2011