Date: Fri, 11 May 2018 18:55:16 +0100 From: Steve O'Hara-Smith <steve@sohara.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: A request for release engineering Message-ID: <20180511185516.a6d3829768130296180da9e8@sohara.org> In-Reply-To: <0fbe4e76-f482-c936-7bf2-2b689d6902d2@yandex.com> References: <4acac175-9bf2-40a6-a41a-cb5870641c8d@yandex.com> <670715be-849c-47fc-72b4-42b81cf31c0a@qeng-ho.org> <DFED4A6E-BC93-4D62-AD86-A441BDB2BD8E@sigsegv.be> <alpine.BSF.2.20.1805110708180.38383@beak.h.net> <0fbe4e76-f482-c936-7bf2-2b689d6902d2@yandex.com>
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On Fri, 11 May 2018 20:10:14 +0530 Manish Jain <jude.obscure@yandex.com> wrote: > Since bumping the version up using freebsd-update needs you to install > all packages afresh, it would appear to my naked eye that it never makes > sense to upgrade. Doing that is quite a quick operation if you have a good connection and a list of leaf packages to work from. > Exactly when does the upgrade via freebsd-update bring any real > advantage to the user ? I see one disadvantage in upgrading - things > don't work as smoothly/reliably as with a fresh installation. Even on major version bumps there's a whole bunch of configuration (system and ports) which can (usually - read UPDATING) be left untouched with freebsd-update but which has to be recreated or restoed from some kind of archive on a fresh installation. Minor version bumps and patch level increments are (usually) painless with freebsd-update, the latter often not even requiring a reboot just run service -R. -- Steve O'Hara-Smith <steve@sohara.org>
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