Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2006 09:08:45 -0400 From: John Nielsen <lists@jnielsen.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: from STABLE to RELENG? Message-ID: <200606230908.45655.lists@jnielsen.net> In-Reply-To: <200606222346.10640.freebsd@dfwlp.com> References: <200606222309.38096.freebsd@dfwlp.com> <09359E1D-CCE1-4609-9158-41A4EE5CA4BE@shire.net> <200606222346.10640.freebsd@dfwlp.com>
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On Friday 23 June 2006 00:46, Jonathan Horne wrote: > On Thursday 22 June 2006 23:16, Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC wrote: > > On Jun 22, 2006, at 10:09 PM, Jonathan Horne wrote: > > > generally, how risky of an operation is it to change the branch im > > > following > > > (assuming i have a server in good working order)? > > > > > > i think i would now prefer to start following RELENG on my > > > production servers > > > instead of STABLE (not that im having any issues), so that i can > > > keep up with > > > patchlevels of specific servers a little easier. > > > > That easiest if you do it at a version change. Say, for example, 6.0- > > STABLE to 6.1-RELEASE or similar. > > > well i would be attempting a 6.1-STABLE to 6.1-RELENG. i have a dev box i > think im going to give it a go on, and see what happens. if this one > doesnt go well, ill just wait until the next RELEASE increments to the > next. If you were going the other direction (from a pre-6.1 -STABLE to 6.1 or from 6.1 to today's -STABLE) it'd be a no-brainer. Even so, I'd be surprised if you had any issues going "backwards", since it is still a rather small step. JN
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