Alvaro Mantilla Gimenez wrote:

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> Hi,

>

>    I just download the last snapshots available on ftp.openbsd.org.

>  Because my new and shiny CDs not arrive yet to Costa

> Rica and i

> can't wait to install 4.2 . I was reading the faq on

> the OpenBSD web:

>

> "-Current is where active development work is done, and

> eventually, it

> will turn into the next -release of OpenBSD. Every six months, when a

> new version of OpenBSD is released, -current is tagged, and becomes

> -release: a frozen point in the history of the source tree."

>

> "-Stable is based on -release ..... -stable is also known as

> the "patch

> branch.""

>

> "Upgrading is the process of installing a newer version of OpenBSD"

>

> So...i have a question here: is it possible install 4.2 from

> snapshots,

> then "upgrade" to "release" (a frozen point...) and then goes

> to "stable"???

>

> Regards,

>

>

>        Alvaro

>

Short answer: NO.

Longer answer: snapshots are now AFTER 4.2 and BEFORE 4.3 is tagged.

Even though 4.2 is not yet officially supported.

The upgrades go from one supported release to another.

Anything in the middle ((almost) all snapshots) can be a bad mix

of old and new and do not mix well with either before nor after.

You should get a small flurry of answers from people who know why.