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Date:      Sat, 15 May 2004 17:39:01 -0400
From:      Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com>
To:        Robert Carr <rcarr6502@yahoo.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Question re: eventual upgrade to 5-Stable
Message-ID:  <40A68DF5.3090904@mac.com>
In-Reply-To: <20040515211335.38321.qmail@web13527.mail.yahoo.com>
References:  <20040515211335.38321.qmail@web13527.mail.yahoo.com>

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Robert Carr wrote:
> Is there any update as to when 5-stable might be
> released?  Is 5.3 expected to be forked as 5-Stable?

The last I heard, yes, 5.3 is expected to become 5-STABLE.
Release schedules are harder to call.  :-/

> If I build a FreeBSD 5 server for home use (Postfix,
> Apache) and use FreeBSD 5.2.x, is the upgrade path to
> 5-stable expected to be as easy as cvs-up and
> make-world, or would I have to re-format my HD and
> re-install with 5-Stable?

You ought to be able to cvsup and reinstall world to move from 5.2 to 5.3 
without any special issues; no reformat needed.

-- 
-Chuck



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