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From: Ian Smith <smithi@nimnet.asn.au>
To: Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.org>
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Cc: David J Brooks <freysman@comcast.net>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org
Subject: Re: 7.0 and 6.3
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On Wed, 24 Oct 2007 09:17:12 +0200 Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.org>
 > David J Brooks wrote:
 > > Bill Moran wrote:
 > >> Note also that a ports freeze is starting soon for 7.0 and 6.3 release.
 > > 
 > > What are the differences between 6.3 and 7.0? Which should be considered the 
 > > standard upgrade path from 6.2 release? Is there a compelling reason to 
 > > upgrade to one over the other?
 > 
 > 7.0 is the recommended choice; 6.3 is only for people who cannot update 
 > to the new branch yet.
 > 
 > http://people.freebsd.org/~kris/scaling/7.0%20Preview.pdf

Very nice at 2x.  I particularly enjoyed pp 17 & 18 ..

Cheers, Ian