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Date:      Tue, 8 Jun 2004 11:59:47 -0400
From:      Robert Huff <roberthuff@rcn.com>
To:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Wisdom of automating upgrades
Message-ID:  <16581.57971.324955.793717@jerusalem.litteratus.org>
In-Reply-To: <40C5DBD1.5010607@circlesquared.com>
References:  <40C5BCAC.6090401@circlesquared.com> <20040608144433.D31793@unsane.co.uk> <40C5DBD1.5010607@circlesquared.com>

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Peter Risdon writes:

>  I suppose what I'm driving at is whether the RELENG_4 branch sees
>  many commits that are likely to be problematic.

	In general, no.
	On the other hand ... think of this as a Murphy's Law scenario:
if you automate, it _will_ break horribly two days before some
absolutely critical deadline.
	I have learned from bitter experience that guaranteed updates,
aren't.


				Robert Huff




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