Date: Mon, 06 Dec 1999 16:17:37 +0200 From: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za> To: Jonathon McKitrick <jcm@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: upgrade to 3.4 Message-ID: <57202.944489857@axl.noc.iafrica.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 06 Dec 1999 13:54:32 GMT." <Pine.BSF.4.02A.9912061353230.22018-100000@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>
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On Mon, 06 Dec 1999 13:54:32 GMT, Jonathon McKitrick wrote: > If i decide to do this by CVSUP, all i do is cvsup when the new release is > announced, and then build world, correct? Yeah. You don't even need to worry about the timing, so much. Some points of interest: 1) If you update in the week or two _before_ the release tags go down, you'll notice that uname reports 3.4-RC. The RC stands for RELEASE CANDIDATE. Stupid idea, if you ask me, but then I didn't come up with any better ideas when it was under discussion. :-) 2) Don't bother taking the advice that you should use the RELENG_3_4_0_RELEASE tag. Just keep using RELENG_3. If you use the release tag and forget to go back to using RELENG_3 after that, you won't be tracking STABLE any more. Also, the release tags take a long time to lay down, so you'd just have to wait a while for them to become available. In other words, if you track RELENG_3 (a.k.a STABLE) then you don't worry about releases at all. Just keep updating and you'll notice: 3.3-STABLE 3.4-RC 3.4-STABLE The release will pass you by the way any other milestone does -- an interesting blur in the corner of your eye. :-) Ciao, Sheldon. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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