From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Aug 15 16:40:44 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EC02B106568C for ; Sat, 15 Aug 2009 16:40:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dougb@FreeBSD.org) Received: from mail2.fluidhosting.com (mx21.fluidhosting.com [204.14.89.4]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9926D8FC41 for ; Sat, 15 Aug 2009 16:40:44 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 30675 invoked by uid 399); 15 Aug 2009 16:40:40 -0000 Received: from localhost (HELO foreign.dougb.net) (dougb@dougbarton.us@127.0.0.1) by localhost with ESMTPAM; 15 Aug 2009 16:40:40 -0000 X-Originating-IP: 127.0.0.1 X-Sender: dougb@dougbarton.us Message-ID: <4A86E502.8090902@FreeBSD.org> Date: Sat, 15 Aug 2009 09:40:34 -0700 From: Doug Barton Organization: http://www.FreeBSD.org/ User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.22 (X11/20090729) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Dan Allen References: In-Reply-To: X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.7 OpenPGP: id=D5B2F0FB Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: FreeBSD-STABLE Mailing List Subject: Re: Going to BSD 8 from RELENG_7 X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 15 Aug 2009 16:40:45 -0000 Dan Allen wrote: > I cvsup and build RELENG_7 many times a week. This has served me well > (except for the ZFS boot problem I had that went in and was backed out) > for quite a while. > > I like to track a STABLE release. When BSD 7 went to 7.1 and to 7.2, it > all just happened automatically with the way I do things. > > Now I am interested on one of my BSD machines to try 8.0. I need to > change my cvsup target from RELENG_7 to CURRENT I believe. Is that > true? When will STABLE become 8.0? Minor terminology issue, "STABLE" is not the name of one version of FreeBSD, it is the label appended to the version number during the ongoing development of the branch after a release. So there are currently 6.4-STABLE and 7.2-STABLE branches, and after 8.0-RELEASE there will be an 8.0-STABLE. BTW, the -STABLE name refers to the API in that branch, as well as (hopefully) the fact that running it should be safe/stable. If you're interested in testing the new 8.0 version before it is released we would all be very glad to have you do that. :) The more testers we get before release the more certain we can be that there are no problems with it. I would like to make one suggestion though, if you could hold off until the 8.0-BETA3 is ready and test a clean install using the cd iso image that would be great! We never get enough people testing clean installations so this is something that is very valuable. Obviously however you test this you'd want to back up your data and any relevant configuration stuff first. Oh, and any feedback on your experiences can go to the freebsd-current mailing list until after the release. Good luck, Doug -- This .signature sanitized for your protection