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Subject: Re: trim src/UPDATING in RELENG_7?
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Ronald Klop wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> The file src/UPDATING in RELENG_7 goes back until 2004 (the RELENG_5 
> branchpoint) and is now almost 1000 lines long. Is it an idea to trim 
> this file a bit?
> 
> And to update this sentence: 'To upgrade in-place from 5.x-stable to 
> current'?
> And footnote [5] seems a bit dated also. 'if you last updated from 
> current before 20020224 or from -stable before 20020408.'
> 
> Or is upgrading from 5.x to 7 also supported?

I think so, yes.

Kris