From owner-freebsd-stable Mon Jul 1 15:37:41 1996 Return-Path: owner-stable Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id PAA24163 for stable-outgoing; Mon, 1 Jul 1996 15:37:41 -0700 (PDT) Received: from DATAPLEX.NET (SHARK.DATAPLEX.NET [199.183.109.241]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id PAA24149 for ; Mon, 1 Jul 1996 15:37:32 -0700 (PDT) Received: from 199.183.109.242 by DATAPLEX.NET with SMTP (MailShare 1.0fc5); Mon, 1 Jul 1996 17:37:22 -0600 Message-ID: Date: 1 Jul 1996 17:37:05 -0500 From: "Richard Wackerbarth" Subject: Re(2): Update 2.1-STABLE -> 2.1.5-RELEASE To: "Branson Matheson" , "stable@freebsd.org" X-Mailer: Mail*Link PT/Internet 1.6.0 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. Nate was referring to the "transition" from some "2.1-stable" to "2.1.5-release". THis is not the same as 2.1-release -> 2.1.5-release. Actually, 2.1.5-beta is one of the 2.1-stable distributions. When we get to 2.1.5-release, I intend to make a new ctm update to go directly from the 2.1-release to the 2.1.5-release. However, this will not happen until I have a 2.1.5 CD in my hand. Further, I intend to continue the ctm distribution of bug fixes to 2.1 as long as they are made available. I would hope thatthe "powers that be" see the wisdom of maintaining a proven version at least until the 2.2 release has been out long enough to shake the bugs from it. > 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 > -- Richard Wackerbarth rkw@dataplex.net