Thu Jun 30 20:26:57 UTC 2016
Slackware 14.2 x86_64 estable is released!

Wouldn't it have been nice to have Slackware 15 on the same day!

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Oh good gods! Give it a rest! It will be ready when it's ready. If one doesn't like that it's 'been a while', don't use it and go trouble oneself with those 10,000 different air-wasting Windows-wannabe ubuntus!

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You can believe that we just entered on the sixth year of development?

There are people who uses Slackware since several years, but they installed from start the Slackware -current. For example, me.

I use Slackware since over 3 years, and I never installed a stable release.

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Happy birthday 14.2! (or should it be 'Happy releaseday!')

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If we want enough, we will have, as it were.
There is still time until the end of the day and anyway we can manually modify the version to have it for at least one day.

I remember the 14.x releases. I stayed on -current.

It's a long time, but on the other hand, -current is remarkably problem free for a development branch. That's why it doesn't matter that much to me how long it takes. And for my server, 14.2 still works well enough.

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Not everyone feels like that. I hate rolling releases (which -current has effectively become) because of the endless updating required. It's a particular nuisance if you have a low-cost internet deal with a monthly download limit. I like Slackware because it's so stable.

I do have a partial install of -current (which I hope to upgrade to Slackware-15 soon), but I don't want to expand it to include everything I use because the more packages you have, the more updates there are!

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Agree 101%.
With updates/upgrades coming thick and fast on current, it must be difficult for Pat to say: that's it...that's 15. I couldn't do what he does. Cut him some slack.

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Agreed! I support and run Slackware. 15.0 is coming. Our maintainer will decide on the release day.

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I'm sure they don't. I thought I made it pretty clear it was only my opinion.

You are trying to sound witty, but your suggestion becomes more and more relevant as time passes.

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I've been able to use 14.2 effectively for all my needs. I've monitored current on another drive. Current now seems able to do what I need and seems to be in a holding pattern, so I just upgraded my primary system to current as well. I anticipate the number changing very shortly. At this point in the development, a number is about all it is. The bigger thing now is getting SBO up to date. Ponce's slackbuilds are mostly working for me, so I'm happy! They all deserve a big round of applause!

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Happy birthday Slackware{64}-14.2!

Slackware 14.2 has been, and continues to be perfect for my own uses, and will continue to see some use here even after the arrival of its younger sibling!

Slackware 14.2 has fully and flawlessly supported my Freedom to use my computing machines for my own benefit, including the ability to easily upgrade and manage selected packages as best meets my own requirements without waiting for someone else to add them to a repo or breaking the rest of my system - or leaving me with no other option but to wait for the shiny new version number!

I am now running -current/15-to-be on new hardware and expect it to provide continuing support for my Freedom to use, and to choose, the most important feature at this time.

Thanks to Pat, SBo and everyone involved, for the long lived usefulness of 14.2, and your efforts to continue along that path with its successor! Well done!

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