From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat May 15 14:35:31 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9968C16A4CE for ; Sat, 15 May 2004 14:35:31 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk [81.2.69.218]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B5D7D43D39 for ; Sat, 15 May 2004 14:35:29 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk (localhost.infracaninophile.co.uk [IPv6:::1])i4FLZM4Z054074 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Sat, 15 May 2004 22:35:22 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from matthew@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: (from matthew@localhost)id i4FLZLN6054073; Sat, 15 May 2004 22:35:21 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from matthew) Date: Sat, 15 May 2004 22:35:21 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman To: Robert Carr Message-ID: <20040515213521.GC53785@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> Mail-Followup-To: Matthew Seaman , Robert Carr , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <20040515211335.38321.qmail@web13527.mail.yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="O3RTKUHj+75w1tg5" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20040515211335.38321.qmail@web13527.mail.yahoo.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i X-Virus-Scanned: clamd / ClamAV version devel-20040504, clamav-milter version 0.70u X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-4.9 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=2.63 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Question re: eventual upgrade to 5-Stable X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 15 May 2004 21:35:31 -0000 --O3RTKUHj+75w1tg5 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, May 15, 2004 at 02:13:35PM -0700, Robert Carr wrote: > Is there any update as to when 5-stable might be > released? Is 5.3 expected to be forked as 5-Stable? That is still the plan according to http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/5-roadmap/index.html However, dates have slipped, and may yet slip again. At the moment 4.10-RELEASE is imminent, and 5.3-RELEASE + the branching of 5-STABLE should happen a few months after that. =20 > If I build a FreeBSD 5 server for home use (Postfix, > Apache) and use FreeBSD 5.2.x, is the upgrade path to > 5-stable expected to be as easy as cvs-up and > make-world, or would I have to re-format my HD and > re-install with 5-Stable? That is very likely to be the case, but cannot be guarranteed. For instance the upgrade from 5.1 to 5.2 was significantly harder than that due to the introduction of code making the newer system rather incompatible with the older one. That sort of thing is entirely permissible with the New Technology releases, but wouldn't be permitted for the post 5-STABLE releases. Whatever happens you should be able to upgrade from RELENG_5_2 to RELENG_5_3 or RELENG_5 without doing a complete wipe and re-install, but there is a chance it may be a rather more involved procedure than a simple cvsup(1) and buildworld. Cheers, Matthew --=20 Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks Savill Way PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Marlow Tel: +44 1628 476614 Bucks., SL7 1TH UK --O3RTKUHj+75w1tg5 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFApo0ZiD657aJF7eIRAhpCAKCYJDazFP7d0FSMwyCiR19Z4t2foACgj3zl Lq6Ep6TwDVc2wGf5TCZ/K3U= =EaHp -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --O3RTKUHj+75w1tg5--