When will Slackware 14.0 be released
 

So, any ideas on when Slackware 14.0 final will be released? What's the latest rumors?

Thank you

When it's ready.

Member Response
 

Hi,

From the changelog;From PV, so it is close. :)

This is almost a traditional question now... :D It's part of using Slackware and if someone doesn't ask, the release might be cursed and won't be released.

Oh goody, another chance to update my list...

The exact date for the next Slackware release is mentioned in the following threads:
date for slackware 9.0??
New version of slack?
New Slackware??
Next release?
Slack 10.1, when?
Slackware 11.0
slackware next release?
The Ultimate "When Will The Next Slackware Release Arrive" MegaThread
when???
Next realease?
Slackware 13.0
Next release of Slackware - when?
Slackware 12.1 when?
Slackware 13
The Big,Silly, Just for fun, Release Day Sweepstakes
Wait for Slackware 13.1
slackware 13.x
Is there any provision for the release of slack13.1?
Slackware 14
ETA Slack 13.2
Next Slackware release (>13.37)
release
and now thanks to you... When will Slackware 14.0 be released

Don't forget:
When will Slackware 15.0 be released?

Nice list! Reminds of the old joke:
Q. What do you call a nun riding piggyback on a clown?
A. Virgin on the ridiculous.

Maybe you should consider the following thread as well: The previous Slackware releases.

C'mon, I'm putting together a serious list here man!

Yeah when!? Come on Patrick, pull yer finger out we're all waiting.

Yep. :)

Patience young grasshoppers. The grass that blows in the wind is not fit for standing upon.

When you're 13.37, there's no need for further revisions. ;)

Remember that the Slack that can be spoken is not the eternal Slack. The next version has always been and shall always be; 13.37 and 14.0 are merely pebbles along the bank of the stream.

Soon(tm)
:D

If you seek slackware-14, know that you are already within it.

Slackware is akin to a fine wine; I savor each release. I don't sweat it waiting for the next version of Slackware. It will arrive.

Seek that which you must, know! Find it, you shall! But beware the dark side!

I predict that it will be released on September 10, the day after my vacation ends, the day I go back to work.

-JJ

Interesting to know that the Slackware release cycles are related to your vacations. Makes them easier to predict. :)

Slackware 14.0 will be released when Chuck Norris gives the approval stamp, it`s not related to your vacantion.

Chuck uses Slackware? I thought it was more stripped down LFS.

Regards.

My next vacation is the end of October, so expect Slackware 15 about then. :)

-JJ

If Chuck Norris wrote Linux, the kernel would always panic.

:).

if chuck norris wrote linux, the kernel would run even when the cpu is missing.

JJ

have vacations more often ;)

I think September 6, +/- 1 day.

RC1: Aug 9.
RC2: Aug 16 (7 days).
RC3: Aug 24 (8 days).
RC4: Aug 30 (6 days).

That averages out to 7 with a margin of error of 1. August 30 + 7 days = September 6.

Maybe we should not completely discard the possibility that an RC5 appear.

Please don't beat me. And don't call me Cassandra.

I favor simplicity over ease of use, and reliability of a release over having it available sooner. We already have -current for those than can benefit from having new features now.

I'd rather Slackware 14 be as bug free as is "reasonable". Otherwise there is no reason to wait for a "stable" release, as we could just keep using a -current snapshot that met our personal technical needs.

I favor getting it right over getting it sooner. There are advantages to speedy releases and having both a stable release (13.37) and -current available to us is the best of both arguments.

We have -current, let's not rush stable. ( Says a man who's been waiting for the next release since late winter. :( )

I'll duck now while an assortment of items are tossed at my head.

EDIT: Looks like I may have posted in the wrong thread. There's so many threads related to the new release I'm getting them mixed up.

How about Shirley?

Surely you can't be serious. :)

I Chuck Norris had written linux ...

linux wouldn't exists, it could be chinux, or norrix ...

:P

Why Cassandra ??? any joke you want to share ??

According to Greek mythology, Apollo placed a curse on Cassandra so that no one would ever believe her predictions. She even predicted her own murder by Clytemnestra but failed to prevent it.

To know more, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cassandra.

I see .... thanks :)

Hard choice coming up. New PC due to be delivered to-morrow. I ordered it when I saw that 14 RC1 was out and I thought the final release would arrive before the PC.

So do I

1. ignore the PC until 14 is released.
2. install 13.37 knowing that I will replace it in a few days?
3. use Windows for a few days?

4. install Slackware 13.37 and read UPGRADE.TXT when Slackware 14 will be released.

@arubin: You could install RC4, the final likely won't be that different.

I'll ignore the pc :p

Patience is a virtue and a quality all slackers should cultivate, allowing a product to mature before enjoying it :D

It's part of the enjoyment ;)

*sry to be a bit philosophical coz to me slackware has become a way of life xD

I used Eric's script to create an rc4 usb installer and then have just updated. It really is going to be an EXCELLENT release. :D

God willing, Slackware 14.0 will be released before "SpaceBalls 2: The Search for More Money" is released in theaters.

LOL.................and "History of the World: Part II"

Please tell me this is a real thing. I've been in a Mel Brooks deprived state for years, to the point that I've watched History of the World 2 times this month.

I'm sorry... I'm laughing too hard at my desk to post anything else... :D

Edit: Finally stopped laughing.

Either that or Hardware Wars 2 goes into production.

Or simply install 13.37, which is a very fine release, and leave it at that for some time. I'm using it on my workhorse PC right now. No rush to replace anything.

4. Insert unused hard disk; install CentOs 6.3; add a repo install other applications; get missing dependency error. Pick up the pieces (see CentOS FAQ).

Open up browser with two tabs, one at the Slackware Change logs; the other at LQ. Wear out the F5 (refresh) key.

*sigh*

-JJ

I couldn't resist it. I had to try it

It proved challenging what with EFI and GPT and I needed ruario's help.

And Slackware 14 will go on it as soon as it's available.

Almost there. Last version of Upgrade.txt

Rest of the document at http://slackware.osuosl.org/slackwar...nt/UPGRADE.TXT


Great!!!

Hmmm i thought the version numbering was gonna be 14.kernel-vers like 13.37,, so back to old numbering again? Haha

That was only a joke. There was never an intention to use kernel versions in the Slackware release number... it was pure coincidence and therefore ideal for a prank.

Eric

Personally, I was rather hoping the release after 13.37 would be nubered 14.73, given the time between the last two releases (the longest in Slackware's history), but alas...