From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Apr 5 00:21:53 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7877A37B401; Sat, 5 Apr 2003 00:21:53 -0800 (PST) Received: from smtp6.wanadoo.nl (smtp6.wanadoo.nl [194.134.35.177]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7825943F93; Sat, 5 Apr 2003 00:21:52 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from steve@sohara.org) Received: from ams-gw.sohara.org (unknown [212.129.225.39]) by smtp6.wanadoo.nl (Postfix) with SMTP id 65D6870AE1; Sat, 5 Apr 2003 10:21:50 +0200 (CEST) Date: Sat, 5 Apr 2003 10:21:45 +0200 From: Steve O'Hara-Smith To: Ruslan Ermilov Message-Id: <20030405102145.028137d3.steve@sohara.org> In-Reply-To: <20030405073220.GB52420@sunbay.com> References: <20030404165738.GA21750@rot13.obsecurity.org> <20030404174114.GC67714@sunbay.com> <20030405083605.399668e5.steve@sohara.org> <20030405073220.GB52420@sunbay.com> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.8.10 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-portbld-freebsd4.7) X-Face: %]+HVL}K`P8>+8ZcY-WGHP6j@&mxMo9JH6_WdgIgUGH)JX/usO0%jy7T~IVgqjumD^OBqX,Kv^- GM6mlw(fI^$"QRKyZ$?xx/ Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: ler@lerctr.org cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org cc: kris@obsecurity.org Subject: Re: Building 5-CURRENT world under 4-STABLE? X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 05 Apr 2003 08:21:53 -0000 On Sat, 5 Apr 2003 10:32:20 +0300 Ruslan Ermilov wrote: RE> On Sat, Apr 05, 2003 at 08:36:05AM +0200, Steve O'Hara-Smith wrote: RE> > On Fri, 4 Apr 2003 20:41:14 +0300 RE> > I've a feeling that there are a fair number of folks planning RE> > on going 4-STABLE to 5-STABLE when it happens. It would be nice if RE> > that path were smooth. RE> > RE> The jump from 4.LATEST-RELEASE -> 5.FIRST-STABLE-RELEASE release RE> will be of course supported. The question here is should we That "of course" in this kind of context is one of the best things about FreeBSD. Thank you. RE> support say 4.8-STABLE -> 5.8-STABLE, that far? Oh well that's another matter, it's well known that upgrades over too wide a jump are sticky and may require staging (at which point sanity usually intervenes with migration instead). -- C:>WIN | Directable Mirrors The computer obeys and wins. |A Better Way To Focus The Sun You lose and Bill collects. | licenses available - see: | http://www.sohara.org/