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Date:      Sun, 23 Nov 1997 21:10:00 -0800 (PST)
From:      Shawn Ramsey <shawn@luke.cpl.net>
To:        Craig Wilson <craig@natsoft.com.au>
Cc:        stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Stability Of FreeBSD 2.2.5 CD-ROM Release
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.95.971123210732.370A-100000@luke.cpl.net>
In-Reply-To: <34799EBD.676C@natsoft.com.au>

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> > > for 2.2.6 to be released. I have a FreeBSD subscription.
> > 
> > Well, while I've no doubt that someone on this list could quickly pipe
> > up with a fix for kern/4844 and, most likely, any other open PRs you
> > might be concerned about, I still have to question any desire to
> > upgrade a system which is working just fine the way it is. :-)
> > 
> Jordan,
> 
> Thank you for your response.
> 
> I have no intention of upgrading any existing clients unless they
> require something not supported by their version of FreeBSD, this is
> why my clients are running versions 2.1.6 to 2.2.2. The clients would
> not like the downtime to complete the upgrade anyhow.
> I agree if it works don't change it.

If you have the HD space to do it, an upgrade will result in no downtime
with a make world upgrade. I do agree about not changing things if things
work, especially for something such as FreeBSD 1.x as upgrading would be a
major pita. 






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