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Date:      1 Jul 1996 17:37:05 -0500
From:      "Richard Wackerbarth" <rkw@dataplex.net>
To:        "Branson Matheson" <branson@widomaker.com>, "stable@freebsd.org" <stable@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re(2): Update 2.1-STABLE -> 2.1.5-RELEASE 
Message-ID:  <n1375879851.83934@Richard Wackerbarth>

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> 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
> 
>
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>  Branson Matheson       | Ferguson Enterprises  | If Pete and Repeat were 
>  
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Richard Wackerbarth
rkw@dataplex.net




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