From owner-freebsd-current Wed Jan 1 2: 5:39 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5332937B401 for ; Wed, 1 Jan 2003 02:05:38 -0800 (PST) Received: from mailsrv.otenet.gr (mailsrv.otenet.gr [195.170.0.5]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 000EC43EC5 for ; Wed, 1 Jan 2003 02:05:35 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Received: from gothmog.gr (patr530-b223.otenet.gr [212.205.244.231]) by mailsrv.otenet.gr (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id h01A5Wtx024321; Wed, 1 Jan 2003 12:05:33 +0200 (EET) Received: from gothmog.gr (gothmog [127.0.0.1]) by gothmog.gr (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id h01A5OEK005598; Wed, 1 Jan 2003 12:05:31 +0200 (EET) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Received: (from giorgos@localhost) by gothmog.gr (8.12.6/8.12.6/Submit) id h010WYCG003751; Wed, 1 Jan 2003 02:32:34 +0200 (EET) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Date: Wed, 1 Jan 2003 02:32:34 +0200 From: Giorgos Keramidas To: Joe Laughlin Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Slightly OT: Reasons to upgrade? Message-ID: <20030101003234.GB3460@gothmog.gr> References: <3E11D6A8.1020506@removethis.rainbowsheep.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3E11D6A8.1020506@removethis.rainbowsheep.net> Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On 2002-12-31 09:40, Joe Laughlin wrote: > Currently, I'm running STABLE on my machine, which serves as both a > desktop and a server. It seems to work great and everything. Does > everything I need it to do. > > Is there any compelling reason for me to upgrade to 5.0 next year? I've > read over the list of anticipated new features and there's nothing there > that seems needed for me. There is no "push" to upgrade. I know a couple of people here who still use FreeBSD 3.X versions regularly, because they feel more comfortable with it and have applications that they cannot easily migrate to 4.X. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message