Date: Fri, 9 Nov 2007 14:52:27 -0800 From: "Jon Holstrom" <jon@web-tricks.net> To: <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: 6.3 PRERELEASE Message-ID: <001301c82323$344713c0$dedca8c0@dragon> References: <000a01c822fd$40d79680$dedca8c0@dragon> <20071109195513.GF47765@menantico.com>
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----- Original Message ----- From: "Skip Ford" <skip@menantico.com> To: "Jon Holstrom" <jon@web-tricks.net> Cc: <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Sent: Friday, November 09, 2007 11:55 AM Subject: Re: 6.3 PRERELEASE > Jon Holstrom wrote: >> I had 6.2 stable all setup & >> had gnome 2.18 all humming along 100% >> java & eclipse, tomcat, bah bah bah! >> >> updated src & rebuilt only to >> find 6.2 is gone & 6.3 prerelease! >> >> ( I think there should be a button >> we need to push to get >> software we DONT want! j/k) >> >> with my setup as it is, can >> i back date my cvsup file & >> rebuild back to 6.2 stable not >> losing any settings or software ? > > If you go back to 6.2-STABLE, you'll be left with a system that > can never be updated again since 6.2-STABLE no longer exists. Any > time you updated it, the name would change again which you seem to > have a problem with. > > If you keep following RELENG_6, you'll end up running 6.3-STABLE after > the release. Or, you could choose to run 6.2-RELEASE (RELENG_6_2) or > 6.3-RELEASE (RELENG_6_3) after it's released. > > For right now, there's really no difference between 6.2-STABLE > and 6.3-PRERELEASE. If you do nothing, you'll eventually be > running 6.3-STABLE. > > -- > Skip > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > Thanks Skip, this is what i was thinking, but it didnt sink in tel you said it. Peace to you
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