From owner-freebsd-stable Mon Jul 1 12:55:33 1996 Return-Path: owner-stable Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id MAA01213 for stable-outgoing; Mon, 1 Jul 1996 12:55:33 -0700 (PDT) Received: from garion.hq.ferg.com (pm1-02.wmbg.widomaker.com [204.17.220.102]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id MAA01182 for ; Mon, 1 Jul 1996 12:55:26 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost.hq.ferg.com (localhost.hq.ferg.com [127.0.0.1]) by garion.hq.ferg.com (8.6.12/8.6.12) with SMTP id PAA17628; Mon, 1 Jul 1996 15:55:18 -0400 Message-Id: <199607011955.PAA17628@garion.hq.ferg.com> X-Authentication-Warning: garion.hq.ferg.com: Host localhost.hq.ferg.com didn't use HELO protocol From: Branson Matheson To: Nate Williams cc: Christoph Haas , stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Update 2.1-STABLE -> 2.1.5-RELEASE In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 01 Jul 1996 12:45:25 MDT." <199607011845.MAA10540@rocky.mt.sri.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Mon, 01 Jul 1996 15:55:17 -0400 Sender: owner-stable@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk -------- Nate Williams uttered with conviction: >> Ok, now that 2.1.5-BETA is out, there is still one question left: Will >> there be an easy way to updgrade from 2.1-STABLE to 2.1.5-RELEASE ? > > Umm, 2.1-STABLE *isn't* a release and is (was) an ong oing version. > Since 2.1-STABLE existed for a *long* time and not a 'checkpoint' > release it would be very difficult to provide a singl e 'upgrade' > target given your constraints below. Ummm.. i disagree.. many of us .. who don't have the time, energy, or bandwidth or desire to run the -stable tree have stood by with the 2.1-RELEASE just as it came from the CD. And I for one would like to see an upgrade path as opposed to a re-installation. -branson ============================================================================= Branson Matheson | Ferguson Enterprises | If Pete and Repeat were System Administrator | W: (804) 874-7795 | sittin on a fence and Pete Unix, Perl, WWW | branson@widomaker.com | fell off, who is left?