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From: Marius Strom <marius@marius.org>
To: Kartic Krishnamurthy <kaygee@netset.com>
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Subject: Re: Staying Stable
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As far as a frequency of "staying stable", there's not really a set
deal. Depends on how much downtime you can afford due to reboots, I
figure.

When 5.x is released, you'll have to modify your
/usr/share/examples/cvsup/stable-supfile to reflect RELENG_5 instead of
RELENG_4.

On Fri, Dec 15, 2000 at 02:05:25PM -0500, Kartic Krishnamurthy wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I have questions about "staying stable".
> 
> 1. What is the recommended frequency of cvsuping the source tree to stay
> stable with freebsd?
> 
> 2. Right now I am at 4.2 Stable (from 4.0R).  When freebsd reaches, say 5.1
> Stable, what steps need I take to stay stable with the latest (5.1) stable?
> Can I just keep cvsuping and hope to be stable with the latest version?  I
> understand that one can stay stable with 3-Stable or 4-Stable without having
> upgrade to the next higher version. (please correct me if I am wrong).  Also
> if this also the wrong "attitude" let me know :-)
> 
> Thanks,
> --Kartic
> 
> 
> 
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