8a3-3fafbdce84b5-000000@email.amazonses.com> <20251208075059.2bdd4fb1@arc.aei.uni-hannover.de> Content-Language: en-US From: Colin Percival Autocrypt: addr=cperciva@tarsnap.com; keydata= xsFNBGWMSrYBEACdWRqDn3B3SKO7IG0/fGHYtfs26f3Q5QeAcasy1fQLniwGQWn5rlILhbCD K/jdNoDm5Zxq20eqyffoDNObCjnHgg4tGANdi+RmDy+7CDpE789H8dss9y7Pt5DlGGAXQQnt hxush3EYS/Ctprd9UUL/lzOOLOU1aNtzB84tNrJBtcJmL7OYHfyTSNFxvedqJrrasejIQOLI t/DQ89BPzz+vsKHz7FJPXh3fsVkzLA00DJYcfkgxyABfJNA7U6yMwd4DVSdx/SsvfIDMVXnu UXCXswo106WPZbYGlZPpq0wW6iibtTerJix+8AeuwXvl9O1p8yESK4ErkIxCnmghTSz+pdzj z/6xBRkdDM9VdZ0r+CzsaNXMpDOzFuKyjaiYBdgCLljbDnXIHFcqXenrZ7Xwkm09g/M4uVSh pIUG2RYa6tsHSQoGCp3f2RZv1znfViKQFbbL83QjtPA20AhseZSYbHp1FPhXyy9J0wkGL16L e99g6gdGeIRE82BZjBjKGDkoyDPq+oDRSFl8NtzmIKy+cfz00nViqcTF4bREXEawFGhlpO0X O9q8mijI9iFB6zaPBiSdJGBL5ML5qLTNCl8Zlf4m1TBvmRTqF/lzMHVXHidDoUhpSh/y3AFZ 1KrYc27ztJQywDJPJPWPbtY8YhFLFs377gfP8WldsZjzp8nvoQARAQABzSVDb2xpbiBQZXJj aXZhbCA8Y3BlcmNpdmFAdGFyc25hcC5jb20+wsGRBBMBCAA7FiEEglY7hNBiDtwN+4ZBOJfy 4i5lrT8FAmWMSyYCGwMICwkNCAwHCwMFFQoJCAsFFgMCAQACHgUCF4AACgkQOJfy4i5lrT+i Yg/+PYyJNoFuygtV5t/skcjYmvEC93mnazEvh+x99vGYZnGKeJ8NDOF4QCUzeHquOWxDi8Zl reXyswKcrIquPxxX6+YyGe97VbvLnez3ksfzOYRj1F4qV0Rq8ZNK51+bvIrbcS3SfDaRioAk D7WWwFor8y/hSwxYkfsKbtP5PRcem20JUxuC085zqWLaKv5t5n2CBzAGMjwJaQ3tM3AXVwWJ uJaHA6ot/6fntJlmkfcyCYyyr0D6b0guRj3STbZ2hNn5o2AI+f6LJJ31s2sPFjl6rs7fORf3 hFSNOHDd2HxfVBXFdQy24ROkC4orBBz2xh9GScjxxT/hbXkfufkubFubw7n0HkvHzA3UF+Qq A8JiI3n+d7ocsP0/5BQ2sZdeqPGJgHx6RkAMuW1tJ29wSvCN1qMgFwhYkpQdfvHlociQrimU fvlRfSrBEe8o7tvIuEdpvwvCZSTJqQbVoMw8UHFE7nzyCXUSab5h6PbjakCqim13ekVO2KFF TTPcz5o5jEeUY75tzbIwcDfFbT5KqNjWy06TVdM9VEJDHSfOfxHR3kSEwZ+tT2aTvL3grsUn gFwSNcj4Cl4CRFfUw8zVZY+7O7RiMlhBqykikvUurrdGKc1Scwa0yuppdA6eVvylyTWSQGrQ +uLWtV1LUKN7ZqKJWBkLPt9nS4XZWGyBvxOHYqjOwU0EZYxKtgEQANYfgbtUMVnhjxDHhWLp g5kLHK3YW0TfJKzpXqDB7NiqxHofn4OcbZnVC3MKggcbs9o1/UtsjnlsG8550PfiYkDXvPiO RJwgbGs6MGIDK797C6cnBLQ8xwBa9SL4cl5iQFnhWmt6vwnJ+an/cm5JpYves3wL7jV09qU9 57hkHXEUcl38r4FssZzVcLKPUVTa3Un+QGRTGDGe/f4ctjMaqv0ZCM+l2ixPhf/vqESrfSLv V/+T3dmtUfXjazO3SABvsHwxgGuTTYOlKoPCaebr+BRdqm0xeIShoIlhvTI8y4clchqx/Uxg UG5X2kvU13k3DS3Q8uLE4Et9x1CcZT6WGgBZSR6R0WfD0SDnzufNnRWJ0dEPA2MtJHE7+85R Vi9j/IgZV+y5Ur+bnPkjDG1s2SVciX5v9HQ0oilcBhvx0j5lGE9hhurD9F+fCvkr4KdbCknE 6Y8ce8pCNBUoB/DqibJivOzTk9K9MGB5x0De5TerIrFiaw3/mQC9nGeO9dtE7wvDJetWeoTq 4BEaCzpufNqbkpOaTQILr4V6Gp7M6v97g83TVAwZntz/q8ptwuKQPZ2JaSFLZn7oWUpYXA5s +SIODFHLn6iMoYpBQskHQjnj4lEPJadl4qj+ZKA89iDAKsniyoFXsbJe2CPbMS1yzBxKZq6K D/jpt7BOnuHr/JrXABEBAAHCwXYEGAEIACAWIQSCVjuE0GIO3A37hkE4l/LiLmWtPwUCZYxK tgIbDAAKCRA4l/LiLmWtP3jmEACQrh9gWe8F1Tkw3m6VoHKwLc5he4tX3WpQa//soPO6iGG3 S3WPruQ46NrAaAojoOcKI9UONDO5rxG0ZTX53S+lu2EO47jbcLwOCjaEpjKpDRt9ZXBQE8Xl mtBE9Bp3W9gpjB1nE3KNM1mJYgsK0QdRpwwfh4pVgGpOj8j23I6MCK+v99zEBnpgCn2GX8W/ kctRXHqWwndHysOJtRP/zrl7dDaABF1f9efUl0LL3TD3GJ9VDz+DNOin/uK2a1hiJo8QzTRk PpfUQ2ebzDsrd1i/pOWkMSkdH+rEu4AGrXWtaBwrMyrGkL6Icb6yO+P9/z0W2wlgBf3P1YRt JPgQt/Dj3yvA/UnaV/QmuVQPjl13o24UnJGsZM8XGnNdfWBKkC1Q6VXC4QT+dyBHYH9MuE9d 6oGl8pFM1+cTfEfbM62/rRoPkF1yHMsI/903VxEvuUIKfhEZAVLFyHldooNxuchntHQP9y8J 8Ou9bWYQP7MnEn+kwSwrZkjurfPkan+xQvp6dDYnj3V0GwA5pprBMaB928VIDVOv+1PNQI3t Cvk5VPv/skq+TJRMHW7bFSt8PRa91cUf1FOLIz9APDiJOzXkwxUEHGV3zPSaUhs1JYjyBeGT wDAvtLUdjOnRhEUOwlnIrztmvyciutjJoVzKEEjj5WXnHk9L9kQ1bpAjkjTONw== In-Reply-To: <20251208075059.2bdd4fb1@arc.aei.uni-hannover.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Feedback-ID: ::1.us-east-1.Lv9FVjaNvvR5llaqfLoOVbo2VxOELl7cjN0AOyXnPlk=:AmazonSES X-SES-Outgoing: 2025.12.08-54.240.8.60 X-Spamd-Bar: ---- X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-4.00 / 15.00]; REPLY(-4.00)[]; ASN(0.00)[asn:14618, ipnet:54.240.8.0/21, country:US] X-Rspamd-Pre-Result: action=no action; module=replies; Message is reply to one we originated X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4dQ8jP5YYMz3Z4K On 12/7/25 22:50, Gerrit Kühn wrote: > Am Fri, 5 Dec 2025 18:38:25 +0000 > schrieb Colin Percival : >>> This makes me wonder if 14.3 is the only version where upgrading to >>> 15.0 via freebsd-upgrade is supported, or if, e.g., 14.2 or 13.5 would >>> be valid (and supported) starting points for the direct upgrade >>> process to 15.0, too. > >> Upgrading from any non-EoL release *should* work. But personally I would >> upgrade to 14.3 first, simply because 14.3->15.0 has been tested far >> more. > > Totally makes sense, thanks for the confirmation. Does that refer to > non-EoL versions being available at that time only, or also to later ones? > I.e., will upgrading from the (not yet existing) 14.4 (that will be > released before 15.1 comes out) to 15.0 be supported, too? Upgrades which "go backwards in time" may work but it is not guaranteed; in particular sometimes there are new APIs which are merged back to older stable branches and appear there "first" as far as releases are concerned. So the general rules are: * Upgrades should go forward in version number (don't "upgrade" from 15.0 to 14.4), * Upgrades should go forward in time (don't upgrade from 14.4 to 15.0 since 14.4 was released in March 2026 and 15.0 was released in December 2025), * Upgrades should start from a release which was not EoL when the new release was published (don't upgrade from 14.2 to 15.0 since 14.2 was EoL at the end of September 2025 and 15.0 was released in December 2025), and * Subject to the above, going "one major at a time" is probably safest. -- Colin Percival FreeBSD Release Engineering Lead & EC2 platform maintainer Founder, Tarsnap | www.tarsnap.com | Online backups for the truly paranoid