Jon Ribbens writes:
> "Perry E. Metzger" <perry@piermont.com> wrote:
> > No -- we are working on trying to get things to twice a year, and
> > eventually more often than that.
> > 
> > A 1.3 cut should happen "soon".
> 
> Gak. How are we supposed to keep up?
> 
> Are there instructions anywhere on how to upgrade NetBSD?
> At a first glance it looks like it's something you need to
> set aside about a full working week for, per machine.

Well, there is an automated upgrade script that comes with most
releases, but in fact you don't need it -- you can largely upgrade
your machine simply by untarring the sets (other than etc) onto your
machine. I usually manage an upgrade in a matter of a few minutes.

The only thing that gets tricky is upgrading your /etc, which has to
be done by hand so that you don't blow away local configuration
changes. This usually takes me half an hour or so if I've done a bad
job of keeping up -- sometimes it takes almost no time at all.

There are some other niceties scripts handle -- things like updating
your filesystems to the latest version of FFS if you are running a pre
1.0 NetBSD and things like that -- but for the most part, upgrading is
pretty simple.

Perry