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Subject: Re: from STABLE to RELENG?
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On Jun 22, 2006, at 10:09 PM, Jonathan Horne wrote:

> generally, how risky of an operation is it to change the branch im  
> following
> (assuming i have a server in good working order)?
>
> i think i would now prefer to start following RELENG on my  
> production servers
> instead of STABLE (not that im having any issues), so that i can  
> keep up with
> patchlevels of specific servers a little easier.

That easiest if you do it at a version change.  Say, for example, 6.0- 
STABLE to 6.1-RELEASE or similar.


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