Bruce Burden wrote: On Mon, Oct 29, 2007 at 04:25:18PM -0700, Jason Slack wrote:
I want to try version 7 as it has items of interest to me, but I am not one to continually wipe and reload my machine, can you upgrade from the test releases of 7 available now to the final release when ready? Or do you have to wipe? From ports, you install "cvsup" and you can keep your ports and OS source up to date. The last time a full install was preferred was going from the 5.x release to 6.x, I believe, due to differences in GCC 3.x and GCC 4.x. So, it rarely happens. Bruce Actually there was a 5.5-6.x upgrade path. I took it. The last re-install jump was 4->5 since the ODS changed with UFS2. Even there, you could stay with the old format, but you didn't get things like disk snapshots. Major version upgrades have typically been more time consuming than painful depending on the features you used (although early versions of 5.x had a higher pain ratio). Minor version point releases are usually even less so. 6.x has been relatively pain free for me, and reputedly 7.x is even smoother. jim _______________________________________________ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"