Re: 5.3-RELEASE TODO

From: Scott Long <scottl_at_freebsd.org>
Date: Wed, 04 Aug 2004 07:08:23 -0600
Steve O'Hara-Smith wrote:

> On Wed, 4 Aug 2004 01:43:54 -0600 (MDT)
> Scott Long <scottl_at_FreeBSD.org> wrote:
> 
> 
>> | Source upgrade     | Not done    | David Schultz | problematic. The    |
>> | incompatibility    |             |               | 5.3 world sources   |
>> |                    |             |               | must be buildable   |
>> |                    |             |               | and installable     |
>> |                    |             |               | from a 5.2.1        |
>> |                    |             |               | system.             |
> 
> 
> 	Should they not also be buildable and installable from a 4.10 or 4.11 system
> in order to preserve the -stable upgrade route ?
> 

This would be good, yes, but there are so many other gotchas with that 
upgrade path that I don't consider it a show-stopper for it not to work.
Once the 5.2 -> 5.3 path is fixed, then we can focus on 4.x -> 5.3 path.

Scott
Received on Wed Aug 04 2004 - 11:09:36 UTC

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