On 9/11/07, Aaron W. Hsu <arcfide@sacrificumdeo.net> wrote:
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> Hrm, I think this clarifies one thing...
>
> deraadt@cvs.openbsd.org said:
> > 1. Once you run a -current, you cannot go backwards.  This is repeated
> >    over and over in the FAQ.
> > 2. New features do not get moved into -stable.
>
> I was under the impression that the current snapshots were still under the 4.2
> heading, and as such, were not actually ahead of the 4.2 release. I guess I
> misunderstood here. Of course, I'm well aware of the particular FAQ. :-)
>
> The new features I am talking about are not the features after stable, but the
> feature list that is currently listed in 4.2. Those are features that I want
> to use now, but I want to make sure that I can move easily to 4.2-STABLE when
> it is released. Are you saying that there is no way for me to get the features
> in 4.2 now without running -CURRENT, which will require me to reinstall (as
> opposed to upgrade) when 4.2 is released?

If you're running recent snapshots then you are running -CURRENT and
as Theo mentions above:

"...but beware since -current is now ahead of what the upcoming
release will be, and that may not be what you want -- almost a
thousand commits have already happened to it."

-RELEASE would have been sent to the presses awhile back and
development continues on from 4.2.  You're past that point.  The
options are to continue with -CURRENT or start fresh with -RELEASE.

Greg

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