from STABLE to RELENG?

Jonathan Horne freebsd at dfwlp.com
Fri Jun 23 04:46:12 UTC 2006


On Thursday 22 June 2006 23:16, Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC wrote:
> On Jun 22, 2006, at 10:09 PM, Jonathan Horne wrote:
> > generally, how risky of an operation is it to change the branch im
> > following
> > (assuming i have a server in good working order)?
> >
> > i think i would now prefer to start following RELENG on my
> > production servers
> > instead of STABLE (not that im having any issues), so that i can
> > keep up with
> > patchlevels of specific servers a little easier.
>
> That easiest if you do it at a version change.  Say, for example, 6.0-
> STABLE to 6.1-RELEASE or similar.
>
>
> ---
> Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC
> Your Web App and Email hosting provider
> chad at shire.net
>

well i would be attempting a 6.1-STABLE to 6.1-RELENG.  i have a dev box i 
think im going to give it a go on, and see what happens.  if this one doesnt 
go well, ill just wait until the next RELEASE increments to the next.

thanks,
jonathan


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