So, being somewhat ill, just for fun I took a meaningless 11.2 install I have and decided to upgrade to 12.0. First went from 11.2-11.3, then to 12.0
It worked exactly as it should. Some things did take a bit, but using freebsd-install, upgraded then did pkg upgrade and pkg update, and at the end, with no problems, have a perfectly running, including all 3rd party stuff that I use, 12.0 system. It seems to me that the binary upgrade path has GREATLY improved so kudos to the devs and thanks for all their work.
It worked exactly as it should. Some things did take a bit, but using freebsd-install, upgraded then did pkg upgrade and pkg update, and at the end, with no problems, have a perfectly running, including all 3rd party stuff that I use, 12.0 system. It seems to me that the binary upgrade path has GREATLY improved so kudos to the devs and thanks for all their work.