From: knitti (knittigmail.com)
Date: Sun Feb 20 2005 - 07:49:07 CST

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> My understanding is -stable is meant to be
> installed (U)pgrade from the install file sets
> (base.tgz, etc.). Personally, I've never done
> such an Upgrade, I've always wiped a disk and
> Install'd clean -- but I've heard good things about
> the Upgrade.

well, thats plain wrong. boris did it probably right. you get -stable
from cvs, there's no official binary distribution of -stable you
can upgrade to

> Refer to the FAQ for details if you
> want to try that.

http://openbsd.org/stable.html

> As for compiling, if you are willing to do that,
> you might try -current, especially as word is
> that -current is as stable as -stable at this
> point moving toward 3.7...

don't go from -release to -current, don't use -current unless
you know what you do, install a snapshot (if you really
want -currentm upgrade from there)

--knitti

>
> -Jet

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