From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Nov 9 23:04:14 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 3DC5816A417 for ; Fri, 9 Nov 2007 23:04:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jon@web-tricks.net) Received: from QMTA04.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net (qmta04.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net [76.96.30.40]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2D47813C48D for ; Fri, 9 Nov 2007 23:04:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jon@web-tricks.net) Received: from OMTA06.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net ([76.96.30.51]) by QMTA04.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net with smtp id Amdm1Y00316AWCU0101j00; Fri, 09 Nov 2007 22:52:56 +0000 Received: from dragon ([67.166.139.235]) by OMTA06.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net with comcast id Amsv1Y00C54vMd70000000; Fri, 09 Nov 2007 22:52:56 +0000 X-Authority-Analysis: v=1.0 c=1 a=6I5d2MoRAAAA:8 a=6Iz-_4AiSR88MbPHxs8A:9 a=nph6V_Tcbiu7TyMjB74A:7 a=5JCCC3FCsvvdrD8hdzrT1O2wY0IA:4 a=zJJ39gEicCEA:10 a=sypzTbEkZLEA:10 a=SV7veod9ZcQA:10 a=plE8mkVoi54A:10 Message-ID: <001301c82323$344713c0$dedca8c0@dragon> From: "Jon Holstrom" To: References: <000a01c822fd$40d79680$dedca8c0@dragon> <20071109195513.GF47765@menantico.com> Date: Fri, 9 Nov 2007 14:52:27 -0800 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.3138 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3198 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 23:04:14 -0000 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Skip Ford" To: "Jon Holstrom" Cc: Sent: Friday, November 09, 2007 11:55 AM Subject: Re: 6.3 PRERELEASE > 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 > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > Thanks Skip, this is what i was thinking, but it didnt sink in tel you said it. Peace to you