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From: swick@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Ralph R. Swick)
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Subject: Re: How long a release takes (Re: xlock patch for R4.)
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Date: 20 Dec 89 13:25:57 GMT
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> let alone take a few days off for the holiday season.

Holidays? What'r they?  Oh yeah, maybe it's a reference to
this 'days left' number on my paycheck which stopped
incrementing long ago...

Actually, the posted application patch applies to *any* server
which is implemented to spec, so assuming that you're safe 'till
R4 arrives isn't correct, as Guy points out.