Re: Branching for netbsd-10 next week

["Thomas Mueller" <mueller6725%twc.com@localhost>]

> Just to wrap up this thread:

>  - branch will probably happen in the next ~10h
        
>  - default file system for new installations will be FFSv2

> I will update docs and extend the wiki page about FFS2ea to show how to
> switch later, and also provide installation instructions how to select
> FFSv2ea right during installation (trivial to do, but better we have
> something to be found for later searches). 

> Thanks to all the input provided on this list and off list!
        
> Martin

I will want to update my NetBSD installation from 9.99.82 from source and am inclined toward 10.99.1 rather than 10.0_BETA.  I use "cvs up -dP -A" to update the source on base system and pkgsrc, currently am on native X.

How will I be able to access (read-only OK) FFS2ea from NetBSD 9.99.82, and what about compatibility with FreeBSD regarding file system?  I assume no compatibility with Linux.

Will I have to worry about the entropy problem when building or updating packages from 9.99.82 to 10.99.1, or, less likely, 10.0_BETA?  Has that been fixed?

Tom