From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Nov 9 19:52:50 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C9F7C16A420 for ; Fri, 9 Nov 2007 19:52:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from skip@menantico.com) Received: from vms042pub.verizon.net (vms042pub.verizon.net [206.46.252.42]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C2B2B13C4BA for ; Fri, 9 Nov 2007 19:52:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from skip@menantico.com) Received: from mx.menantico.com ([71.188.11.206]) by vms042.mailsrvcs.net (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.2-6.01 (built Apr 3 2006)) with ESMTPA id <0JR900LG38JT1AV1@vms042.mailsrvcs.net> for freebsd-stable@freebsd.org; Fri, 09 Nov 2007 13:52:42 -0600 (CST) Date: Fri, 09 Nov 2007 14:55:13 -0500 From: Skip Ford In-reply-to: <000a01c822fd$40d79680$dedca8c0@dragon> To: Jon Holstrom Mail-followup-to: Jon Holstrom , freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Message-id: <20071109195513.GF47765@menantico.com> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-disposition: inline References: <000a01c822fd$40d79680$dedca8c0@dragon> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 6.3 PRERELEASE X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 09 Nov 2007 19:52:50 -0000 Jon Holstrom wrote: > I had 6.2 stable all setup & > had gnome 2.18 all humming along 100% > java & eclipse, tomcat, bah bah bah! > > updated src & rebuilt only to > find 6.2 is gone & 6.3 prerelease! > > ( I think there should be a button > we need to push to get > software we DONT want! j/k) > > with my setup as it is, can > i back date my cvsup file & > rebuild back to 6.2 stable not > losing any settings or software ? If you go back to 6.2-STABLE, you'll be left with a system that can never be updated again since 6.2-STABLE no longer exists. Any time you updated it, the name would change again which you seem to have a problem with. If you keep following RELENG_6, you'll end up running 6.3-STABLE after the release. Or, you could choose to run 6.2-RELEASE (RELENG_6_2) or 6.3-RELEASE (RELENG_6_3) after it's released. For right now, there's really no difference between 6.2-STABLE and 6.3-PRERELEASE. If you do nothing, you'll eventually be running 6.3-STABLE. -- Skip