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Slackware 15 competition

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From: chris@mshome.net (Chris Elvidge)
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Subject: Slackware 15 competition
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by: Chris Elvidge - Mon, 17 Jan 2022 14:39 UTC

Who won the date for release of Slack15 competition?

My "Welcome to Linux (Slackware 15)" email from Pat is dated 11 Jan 2022.

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by: John McCue - Mon, 17 Jan 2022 15:56 UTC

Chris Elvidge <chris@mshome.net> wrote:
> Who won the date for release of Slack15 competition?
Patrick Volkerding :)

> My "Welcome to Linux (Slackware 15)" email from Pat is dated 11 Jan 2022.
In the change log, he justed updated the email removing
the old Linux Counter mentions.

Also patches/upgrades for Current patches were released
yesterday, so 15 is not yet released.

Regards

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by: Poprocks - Mon, 17 Jan 2022 20:02 UTC

On 2022-01-17, John McCue wrote:
> Chris Elvidge <chris@mshome.net> wrote:
>> Who won the date for release of Slack15 competition?
> Patrick Volkerding :)
>
>> My "Welcome to Linux (Slackware 15)" email from Pat is dated 11 Jan 2022.
> In the change log, he justed updated the email removing
> the old Linux Counter mentions.
>
> Also patches/upgrades for Current patches were released
> yesterday, so 15 is not yet released.

Indeed. And just so the USENET record is clear: 15.0-rc3 was declared
on January 12, 2022. See the ChangeLog.txt entry of same date for
details.

Subject	Author
Slackware 15 competition	Chris Elvidge
Re: Slackware 15 competition	John McCue
Re: Slackware 15 competition	Poprocks