Yes, subscriptions are the way to go.

This upcoming release will be the first in my Subcription

Ah, hope springs eternal. I didn't think this post would inspire the Slack 11'ers to recite their wishlists again! hee hee.

Re: J.W.'s reply:

J.W., you are quite correct about "random speculation", but that wasn't the gist of my post. It just seemed to me that since this was, literally, the Official Slackware Forum, that this was the site where direct links to Patrick could be found. Sure, it was just a guess, but hey! When I searched the forum for information, it appeared to be... well... quite a bit less linked to Patrick and the developers than I thought. And that's fine. There's no harm in trying to ask the question and see if anybody who has some good info has a loose tongue and willing to give some cryptic info (aka: rumours). I do this in my job all the time. I need to be ahead of the game. And the regular talkers aren't talking, who do I ask? Others who are in occasional earshot of the talkers. They can provide those tidbits that allow me to do analysis and predict schedules for my own schedules.

--vonSt

From http://www.slackware.com/support/:

Nowhere does the above statement, pulled directly from the Slackware website, state that LinuxQuestions.org is the official Slackware forum. I think Pat is just trying to say that these forums are an excellent place to get assistance in Slackware-related issues. As you can see, he mentions that you can get community support here...it doesn't say anything about him collaborating with this site.

If Pat doesn't tell us, we don't know. This site is an 'unofficial' Slackware support forum...that doesn't mean we know everything the distro author does. I'm definitely not trying to run you off but you can wait just like everyone else here, or start using one of those distros that have release schedules, which Slackware doesn't have, for good reason.

No schedule means you can't miss a 'rollout date' also.

I'll wait until it comes out, then get it.

If Pat doesn't tell us what to eat, we go hungry
If Pat doesn’t tell when to go to the bathroom, we have to change out cloths
If Pat doesn’t tell us……



Sorry couldn't resist

I was talking about a release date. I'm usually not one to hang on Pat's every word, but if he doesn't tell us when version X will be released, we literally don't know.

Yeah, I know you were joking...

can I give money to the slackware project through pay pal. I don't want to buy cd's I just want to give money, and if I give to the slackware project will that also help the 64-bit project (slamd64)

You can donate money to Slackware here: http://store.slackware.com/cgi-bin/store/slackdonation
Donations for slamd64 have to go directly to Fred Emmott at http://www.slamd64.com/

Eric

I am never, never I say, ever going to respond to these type of Slackware posts.

Wait a minute ... ah, crap.

Yeah, Slackware and Slamd64 are two separate distros.

On that note (I don't mean to hijack), I wonder when Pat is going to address an official 64-bit version of Slackware. He can put it off only so long, IMO. Right now, 64-bit share isn't as prevalent as 32-bit but it's moving pretty quickly. Sooner or later, people are going to be wanting a 64-bit version of Slackware from Pat. I wonder if, once Slamd64 gets more polished, Pat and Fred will talk and maybe a merge will take place.

Just musing.

So 11.0 should really have to have a new libc then?

You didn't even blink, did you?

I'll say June 24.

-JJ

I'm just a n00b, but don't you guys mean glibc ?

My vote goes for Slackware-10.2.4.6.7 to match the kernel madness.

While many people here have 64 bit systems already and certainly many more by the end of the year, there a plenty of Slackware machines with PII, PII and 32bit PIV class processors that will remain in use for some time.

I have only just scrapped the last of my 486,P1 and Pro machines.
I cannot see Slackware going 64 bit for a couple of years yet.