Date: Thu, 26 Mar 1998 07:45:01 +1100 From: Sue Blake <sue@welearn.com.au> To: "John M. Purser" <jpurser@wilcofarmers.com> Cc: "freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG" <freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: FW: upgrading blues Message-ID: <19980326074500.38744@welearn.com.au> In-Reply-To: <01BD57B5.7938BAE0.jpurser@wilcofarmers.com>; from John M. Purser on Wed, Mar 25, 1998 at 06:15:51AM -0800 References: <01BD57B5.7938BAE0.jpurser@wilcofarmers.com>
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BJ Bell <brian@centrisys.com> and John M. Purser <jpurser@wilcofarmers.com>
both reported their dismay at seeing a new release of FreaBSD appear shortly
after installing 2.2.5, and wonder about upgrading.
If it's any consolation, I'm still running 2.2.2 and have no plans to
upgrade. It was good when I installed it and I haven't broken anything yet.
If it does what you want, use it! I only upgrade when I can't avoid it any
longer. Of course there may be good reasons for upgrading to 2.2.6 that I'm
not aware of (I haven't taken much interest to tell the truth).
Be aware that upgrading FreeBSD is not at all like upgrading windoze. First
you really do have to read all of the info available and know what you're
doing, and it's more of a manual process. The system assumes you'll know to
make all the necessary decisions and trusts that you'll do so correctly.
If I was going to upgrade, I'd subscribe to freebsd-questions after the
release and watch it like a hawk for a couple of weeks first.
PS
What do you all think of the new nastygram below my sig?
Does it sound too rude?
--
Regards,
-*Sue*-
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