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Date:      Fri, 15 Jul 2005 16:27:44 +0100
From:      Yann Golanski <yann@kierun.org>
To:        freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD 6.0-BETA1 Available
Message-ID:  <20050715152744.GA67970@kierun.org>
In-Reply-To: <42D7D3DA.20106@samsco.org>
References:  <42D79676.6040606@samsco.org> <20050715115650.I66818@ganymede.hub.org> <42D7D3DA.20106@samsco.org>

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Quoth Scott Long on Fri, Jul 15, 2005 at 09:18:50 -0600
> Part of the purpose of moving quickly on to RELENG_6 is so that the=20
> migration work for users from 5.x to 6.x is very small.  6.x is really
> just an evolutionary step from 5.x, not the life-altering revolutionary=
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> step that 4.x->5.x was.  It should be quite easy to deploy and maintain
> 5.x and 6.x machines side-by-side and migrate them as the need arises.
> We don't want people to be stranded on RELENG_5 like they were with
> RELENG_4.  6.x offers everything of 5.x, but with better performance
> and (hopefully) better stability.  If you're thinking about evaluating
> 5.x, give 6.0 a try also.

Does that mean that a cvsup with "*default tag=3DRELENG_6" and a rebuilt
of the world will work smoothly?  Would it work at all?  Is it even
recommended?

I suspect that re-compiling every port is a good idea after making the
world in any case.

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