From owner-freebsd-stable Wed Sep 2 22:46:31 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id WAA19661 for freebsd-stable-outgoing; Wed, 2 Sep 1998 22:46:31 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from lafcol (lafcol.lafayette.edu [139.147.8.5]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id WAA19656 for ; Wed, 2 Sep 1998 22:46:30 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from knollm@lafcol.lafayette.edu) Received: from localhost by lafcol (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id BAA15143; Thu, 3 Sep 1998 01:43:58 -0400 Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1998 01:43:58 -0400 (EDT) From: Mike Knoll To: Studded cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Requisite steps for tracking -stable In-Reply-To: <35EDB744.28F4855F@dal.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Okay. But, the problem of not getting critical changes in -stable would still occur to someone who intends to keep up with it solidly. If someone starts with the latest release, isthere no information for them to make the initial jump to -stable? Mike On Wed, 2 Sep 1998, Studded wrote: > Mike Knoll wrote: > > > > Well, I drop off the edge of the earth rarely, but it happens. And still, > > the issues of not getting information on critical changes would still > > occur if I'm tracking release or stable. > > I had intended to mention in my last post that we have been workign > hard since 2.2.6 to include critical information about the upgrade in > (for example) > ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/2.2.7-RELEASE/UPGRADE.TXT. This file > should contain the type of "won't work unless you do this" information > that you are looking for. The other *.TXT documents include info on > important changes from -Release to -Release, etc. > > Doug > -- > *** Chief Operations Officer, DALnet IRC network *** > > At Barry (a small town in south Wales) hidden cameras have had to be > installed to keep watch on the town's CCTV [Closed Circuit Television] > to record acts of vandalism against the CCTV. - Privacy Forum > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message