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Date:      Mon, 2 Feb 2015 21:09:24 +0000 (UTC)
From:      Glen Barber <gjb@FreeBSD.org>
To:        src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org
Subject:   svn commit: r278115 - head/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes
Message-ID:  <201502022109.t12L9O4L089491@svn.freebsd.org>

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Author: gjb
Date: Mon Feb  2 21:09:23 2015
New Revision: 278115
URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/278115

Log:
  Move the 'Upgrading from Previous Releases of FreeBSD'
  section to the top of the file, following the introduction.
  
  Sponsored by:	The FreeBSD Foundation

Modified:
  head/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.xml

Modified: head/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.xml
==============================================================================
--- head/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.xml	Mon Feb  2 20:48:31 2015	(r278114)
+++ head/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.xml	Mon Feb  2 21:09:23 2015	(r278115)
@@ -92,6 +92,28 @@
       &release.current; can be found on the &os; Web site.</para>
   </sect1>
 
+  <sect1 xml:id="upgrade">
+    <title>Upgrading from Previous Releases of &os;</title>
+
+    <para arch="amd64,i386">Binary upgrades between RELEASE versions
+      (and snapshots of the various security branches) are supported
+      using the &man.freebsd-update.8; utility.  The binary upgrade
+      procedure will update unmodified userland utilities, as well as
+      unmodified GENERIC kernels distributed as a part of an official
+      &os; release.  The &man.freebsd-update.8; utility requires that
+      the host being upgraded have Internet connectivity.</para>
+
+    <para>Source-based upgrades (those based on recompiling the &os;
+      base system from source code) from previous versions are
+      supported, according to the instructions in
+      <filename>/usr/src/UPDATING</filename>.</para>
+
+    <important>
+      <para>Upgrading &os; should only be attempted after backing up
+	<emphasis>all</emphasis> data and configuration files.</para>
+    </important>
+  </sect1>
+
   <sect1 xml:id="new">
     <title>What's New</title>
 
@@ -825,26 +847,4 @@
       <para>&nbsp;</para>
     </sect2>
   </sect1>
-
-  <sect1 xml:id="upgrade">
-    <title>Upgrading from Previous Releases of &os;</title>
-
-    <para arch="amd64,i386">Binary upgrades between RELEASE versions
-      (and snapshots of the various security branches) are supported
-      using the &man.freebsd-update.8; utility.  The binary upgrade
-      procedure will update unmodified userland utilities, as well as
-      unmodified GENERIC kernels distributed as a part of an official
-      &os; release.  The &man.freebsd-update.8; utility requires that
-      the host being upgraded have Internet connectivity.</para>
-
-    <para>Source-based upgrades (those based on recompiling the &os;
-      base system from source code) from previous versions are
-      supported, according to the instructions in
-      <filename>/usr/src/UPDATING</filename>.</para>
-
-    <important>
-      <para>Upgrading &os; should only be attempted after backing up
-	<emphasis>all</emphasis> data and configuration files.</para>
-    </important>
-  </sect1>
 </article>



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