From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Thu Mar 24 15:49:48 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0DF5FADC767 for ; Thu, 24 Mar 2016 15:49:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from brandon.wandersee@gmail.com) Received: from mail-io0-f180.google.com (mail-io0-f180.google.com [209.85.223.180]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D93D71A1F for ; Thu, 24 Mar 2016 15:49:47 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from brandon.wandersee@gmail.com) Received: by mail-io0-f180.google.com with SMTP id m184so88949534iof.1 for ; Thu, 24 Mar 2016 08:49:47 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:references:user-agent:from:to:cc:subject :in-reply-to:date:message-id:mime-version; bh=v3dqn/PcGV3WQ+Pjebx6y7B2elQWhcyWNUNW9t/nUzM=; b=dq9AGUEpP0rRxH7jjMJhv8Et4Y4yMU0ksQSWhoaPAXRiKyZ+JiADvptLdiybyAW3LH j3NEBc5AxrBZ17C6Fsua7uAkck+Iq2tGsQTOa1CiHJcWH//e04hvKNpPAkToLka0Wpks V7C24aY6a8sxDZWIfPdFUIFYGivlLJ0TloZfXjpfWE+hn9Oo4Pm5QSLRJde+DC5HpEHj YzcHjqEhHWHN2FnQq+yVgrU+oJRI1pjEJwMMxu5/3fBasRAc1bR88fPWTiVOTvjeTaPD q9xspF5Dymf5e12b12vbJ+/rHFOUqk1Rb+8MKjd7gIzfV+dayK+u6BqbZ5M/DAhLREQK eO8w== X-Gm-Message-State: AD7BkJLrGqrV20H4/LdefqfBqFRdwX0UFb5mdnBu6Yp1o+4srRW6o5n6j16J+2eeroI4wQ== X-Received: by 10.107.157.70 with SMTP id g67mr8888396ioe.38.1458834580820; Thu, 24 Mar 2016 08:49:40 -0700 (PDT) Received: from WorkBox.Home.gmail.com (174-30-194-109.mpls.qwest.net. [174.30.194.109]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id ru1sm11520707igb.22.2016.03.24.08.49.38 (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Thu, 24 Mar 2016 08:49:39 -0700 (PDT) References: <86wpoutjnn.fsf@WorkBox.Home> <86lh5at8e9.fsf@WorkBox.Home> User-agent: mu4e 0.9.16; emacs 24.5.1 From: Brandon J. Wandersee To: krad Cc: Carmel , FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: FreeBSD and updating to new release In-reply-to: Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2016 10:49:52 -0500 Message-ID: <86lh57q3j3.fsf@WorkBox.Home> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2016 15:49:48 -0000 krad writes: > Are you sure this is correct? You could upgrade from 9-10 via freebsd > update, and the OP did say when 11 is released, so the whole development > case is not relevant in his case. OP is presently running -CURRENT. So no, freebsd-update is not an option in that particular case. freebsd-update is still present in the -CURRENT source tree, but at the end of this year support for 9.3, 10.1, and 10.2 is being dropped.[1] So come December, 10.3 will be the only release using freebsd-update. Once 10.3 reaches end-of-life the only options will be to update to 11.x or track 10-STABLE, neither of which will be possible with freebsd-update. The latter will be completely obsolete. I can't speak for the developers, but I can't imagine them keeping it in HEAD for much longer. [1]: https://www.freebsd.org/security/ -- :: Brandon J. Wandersee :: brandon.wandersee@gmail.com :: -------------------------------------------------- :: 'The best design is as little design as possible.' :: --- Dieter Rams ----------------------------------