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Date:      Sun, 27 Dec 1998 16:04:59 -0800
From:      Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>
To:        Chris Timmons <skynyrd@opus.cts.cwu.edu>
Cc:        Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>, John Birrell <jb@cimlogic.com.au>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/sys/i386/conf GENERIC GENERICupgrade SMP-GENERIC 
Message-ID:  <199812280005.QAA05861@dingo.cdrom.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 27 Dec 1998 16:01:09 PST." <Pine.BSF.3.96.981227155530.13560C-100000@opus.cts.cwu.edu> 

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> 
> My own experience with 2.2.6-ish boxes and -current from about two weeks
> ago has been that the upgrade worked fine.  If you can find a way to save
> some of the upgrade stuff a little longer I think it would be nice :)

I can't see there being much demand for upgrading from the old -stable 
to the new -current.  The old -stable to new -stable upgrade will be 
much more important.

> -Chris
> 
> On Sun, 27 Dec 1998, Mike Smith wrote:
> 
> > I'm not quite sure what our response to the 2.2 -> 3.x upgrade path 
> > will be.  At the moment, we're having more success with "do a binary 
> > upgrade", because the built upgrade path is littered with corpses.
> > 
> > There'll definitely be some testing done, but I wouldn't want to commit 
> > to a prognosis at this point.
> > 
> > I *definitely* feel that all of the upgrade stuff should be removed 
> > from the 3.1 branch as soon as the branch occurs.
> > 
> > -- 
> > \\  Sometimes you're ahead,       \\  Mike Smith
> > \\  sometimes you're behind.      \\  mike@smith.net.au
> > \\  The race is long, and in the  \\  msmith@freebsd.org
> > \\  end it's only with yourself.  \\  msmith@cdrom.com
> > 
> > 
> 

-- 
\\  Sometimes you're ahead,       \\  Mike Smith
\\  sometimes you're behind.      \\  mike@smith.net.au
\\  The race is long, and in the  \\  msmith@freebsd.org
\\  end it's only with yourself.  \\  msmith@cdrom.com



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