From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Nov 18 06:55:36 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C2BB2111 for ; Tue, 18 Nov 2014 06:55:36 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-lb0-x22f.google.com (mail-lb0-x22f.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:4010:c04::22f]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 41422956 for ; Tue, 18 Nov 2014 06:55:36 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-lb0-f175.google.com with SMTP id n15so17510876lbi.34 for ; Mon, 17 Nov 2014 22:55:34 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject :from:to:cc:content-type; bh=hTluUeSEp7Mfl9jd0pS3MxdnM6pdl5XT4c5AwgwzsKs=; b=sWt8Z1jUA/I2tFLEJgw3E1jXjmvaZ2KqGci9OonQAULNEVdZw9oyIC9ZCFLa2+3lIx Eu+3YOrJ5v+nFRJEMzNRDWYuI+NlP0NG3e1gpnMPf0rhnwbb3XDT63oaQzI+oybIOnMB 11WngKJAzIyQBy9yovYo0HxlmA0AOlzGwHElbJ4O7B2+1IKe5dWB20Yitci+7/wWBwNl kfxJXoWm0pHV2ptz2V6T8lV8iR6l+YeC5cQQ+6azX4yc5jXcM1iGPhp1qUoVochTsk0i mREiqjrswDBPFvJGZMMB0/a6XV5geU73NceTFTsAKiWYVvDJWkhuiAgToGGyTnBIidxn emLQ== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.152.207.71 with SMTP id lu7mr16223138lac.81.1416293734279; Mon, 17 Nov 2014 22:55:34 -0800 (PST) Sender: crodr001@gmail.com Received: by 10.112.130.168 with HTTP; Mon, 17 Nov 2014 22:55:34 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2014 22:55:34 -0800 X-Google-Sender-Auth: QA2ihnpa-HBjnE510Q_dQHb8iqo Message-ID: Subject: Re: best overall upgrade from 8.x? From: Craig Rodrigues To: Royce Williams Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.18-1 Cc: freebsd-stable X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2014 06:55:36 -0000 On Fri, Nov 14, 2014 at 7:44 PM, Royce Williams wrote: > I have some 8.x boxes that I'm looking to start planning to transition > before 8.4 is likely to go EOL next year. > > All other things being equal, what's the general consensus on where to > upgrade to from 8.x ... 9.x, or 10.x? > Do you have one of your machines available for experimentation to do a test upgrade from 8.x to 10.1-RELEASE via freebsd-update, and also pkg_add to pkgng? I would be curious what your experience with this would be, so that we can fix documentation for doing such an upgrade. -- Craig