From owner-freebsd-advocacy Wed Oct 6 10:52:36 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Received: by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix, from userid 758) id 5E5FF15729; Wed, 6 Oct 1999 10:52:34 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 533631CD471; Wed, 6 Oct 1999 10:52:34 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kris@hub.freebsd.org) Date: Wed, 6 Oct 1999 10:52:34 -0700 (PDT) From: Kris Kennaway To: J McKitrick Cc: Alfred Perlstein , freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Linux convert... In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, 6 Oct 1999, J McKitrick wrote: > Actually, i was referring to 4.0 Stable when it came out ;-) > With all these overhauls, how ugly will the upgrade be? Someone just > commented, but maybe you would have more insight. We'll do what we can to make it as painless as possible - but on the other hand the thing about major releases (2.0, 3.0, 4.0) is that a lot has changed between them, so you need to go into it with your eyes open (i.e. read the release notes!) to make sure you don't get bit by one of them. I wouldn't worry about it - the difference between 3.x and 4.0 won't be nearly as big as between 2.x and 3.0 (which diverged for several years before 3.0-RELEASE came around), and most people survived that epochal event without major hassles. The best thing to do when that day rolls around next year is to wait a few weeks, watch what problems others run into, and then proceed cautiously yourself. Kris To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message