Question re: eventual upgrade to 5-Stable
Chuck Swiger
cswiger at mac.com
Sat May 15 14:37:17 PDT 2004
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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