On 4/8/22 5:47 AM, Harald Dunkel wrote:
Hi folks,
I would like to upgrade to OpenBSD beta on a Zotac O-series PC. I found
the snapshots directory, but the upgrade71 document appears to be missing.
Do you think it could be included into the snapshots directory, next to
the INSTALL.amd64 file, for example? It could encourage more people to try
out the beta.
Just a suggestion, of course.
Upgrading to a "just before release" snapshot is just like running any other
snapshot, so https://www.openbsd.org/faq/current.html is your friend.
HOWEVER... the tree has been tagged for 7.1 release, which means that
very soon, snapshots will be going from "pre-release" to "release" to
"beyond release" (7.1-current), if they haven't already. If your goal in
running a snapshot was to make 7.1 better, you probably missed that
opportunity by several weeks. If you want to run a snapshot in prep
for 7.1-release, you may well have missed that boat, too; you may end up
installing 7.1-current (POST 7.1-release). If you end up with a
7.1-current install, you are kinda committed to following snapshots
until 7.2.
IF you are looking to get a jump on 7.1 for a new project and are new
enough to OpenBSD to not be super-comfortable with upgrades, I'd suggest
loading 6.9, set up your project, then do an upgrade to 7.0 now to get
comfortable with the upgrade process for your environment, then upgrade
again to 7.1 after it becomes available.
Nick.
