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Subject: upgrading from 5-Stable to 6-Stable via source
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I have a bunch of production servers running 5-Stable branch and I was
considering upgrading to 6-Stable.
I have never upgraded across major version changes via source.
Is this a bad idea?
what pitfalls should i be aware of before starting?

TIA,
Tomoki Taniguchi