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From: Michael Lucas <mwlucas@blackhelicopters.org>
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Subject: Re: RELENG_4
In-Reply-To: <2164.953047401@axl.ops.uunet.co.za> from Sheldon Hearn at "Mar 14, 2000  5:23:21 pm"
To: sheldonh@uunet.co.za (Sheldon Hearn)
Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2000 13:32:13 -0500 (EST)
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> On Tue, 14 Mar 2000 07:06:21 PST, William Woods wrote:
> 
> > Do I understand right that the RELENG_4 tag is now the stable tag, ie;
> > FreeBSD 4-stable?
> 
> Yes.  Mind you, keep in mind that it's STABLE a few footsteps beyond a
> point naught release.  :-)
> 
> Ciao,
> Sheldon.

Also, RELENG-3 is still there.  I just supped it yesterday.

IMHO, I'd treat this just like the upgrade from 2.x.2 to 3.0; test it
on a non-production system first, be prepared for weird & wacky
changes, and have a backup plan in case your system becomes hosed.

==ml


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