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[src/trunk]: src/distrib/notes/common update version numbers
details: https://anonhg.NetBSD.org/src/rev/7c4c68828823
branches: trunk
changeset: 532763:7c4c68828823
user: itojun <itojun%NetBSD.org@localhost>
date: Fri Jun 14 13:18:53 2002 +0000
description:
update version numbers
diffstat:
distrib/notes/common/main | 26 +++++++++++++-------------
1 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
diffs (70 lines):
diff -r 33953c79e9c7 -r 7c4c68828823 distrib/notes/common/main
--- a/distrib/notes/common/main Fri Jun 14 13:18:52 2002 +0000
+++ b/distrib/notes/common/main Fri Jun 14 13:18:53 2002 +0000
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $NetBSD: main,v 1.182 2002/06/12 12:19:53 grant Exp $
+.\" $NetBSD: main,v 1.183 2002/06/14 13:18:53 itojun Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1999-2001 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
.\" All rights reserved.
@@ -365,48 +365,48 @@
possible, it's likely that
.Nx
wouldn't exist.
-.Ss Upgrade path to NetBSD 1.5.1
+.Ss Upgrade path to NetBSD 1.6
If you are not installing your system ``from scratch'' but instead
are going to upgrade an existing system already running
.Nx
you need to know which versions you can upgrade with
.Nx
-1.5.1.
+1.6.
.Pp
.Nx
-1.5.1 is an upgrade of
+1.6 is an upgrade of
.Nx
-1.5 and earlier major and patch releases of
+1.5.3 and earlier major and patch releases of
.Nx .
.Pp
The intermediate development versions of code available on the main trunk
in our CVS repository (also known as ``NetBSD-current'') from
.Em after
-the point where the release cycle for 1.5 was started are designated
-by version identifiers such as 1.5A, 1.5B, etc.
+the point where the release cycle for 1.6 was started are designated
+by version identifiers such as 1.6A, 1.6B, etc.
These identifiers do not designate releases, but indicate major changes
in internal kernel APIs.
Note that the kernel from
.Nx
-1.5.1 can
+1.6 can
.Em not
be used to upgrade a system running one of those intermediate development
versions.
Trying to use the
.Nx
-1.5.1 kernel on such a system
+1.6 kernel on such a system
.Em will
probably result in problems.
.Pp
Please also note that it is not possible to do a direct ``version''
comparison between any of the intermediate development versions mentioned
-above and 1.5.1 to determine if a given feature is present or absent
-in 1.5.1. The development of 1.5 and the subsequent ``point'' releases
+above and 1.6.1 to determine if a given feature is present or absent
+in 1.6.1. The development of 1.6 and the subsequent ``point'' releases
is done on a separate branch in the CVS repository. The branch was created when
-the release cycle for 1.5 was started, and during the release cycle of
+the release cycle for 1.6 was started, and during the release cycle of
1.5 and its patch releases, selected fixes and enhancements have been
imported from the main development trunk.
-So, there are features in 1.5.1 which were not in, e.g. 1.5B, and vice
+So, there are features in 1.6.1 which were not in, e.g. 1.6B, and vice
versa.
.Ss Major Changes Between 1.5 and 1.5.1
The complete list of changes between
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