Date: Wed, 04 Aug 2004 07:08:23 -0600 From: Scott Long <scottl@freebsd.org> To: "Steve O'Hara-Smith" <steve@sohara.org> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 5.3-RELEASE TODO Message-ID: <4110DFC7.8000200@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <20040804102101.5e0f4023.steve@sohara.org> References: <200408040743.i747hs3m000419@pooker.samsco.org> <20040804102101.5e0f4023.steve@sohara.org>
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Steve O'Hara-Smith wrote: > On Wed, 4 Aug 2004 01:43:54 -0600 (MDT) > Scott Long <scottl@FreeBSD.org> wrote: > > >> | Source upgrade | Not done | David Schultz | problematic. The | >> | incompatibility | | | 5.3 world sources | >> | | | | must be buildable | >> | | | | and installable | >> | | | | from a 5.2.1 | >> | | | | system. | > > > Should they not also be buildable and installable from a 4.10 or 4.11 system > in order to preserve the -stable upgrade route ? > This would be good, yes, but there are so many other gotchas with that upgrade path that I don't consider it a show-stopper for it not to work. Once the 5.2 -> 5.3 path is fixed, then we can focus on 4.x -> 5.3 path. Scott
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