From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Mar 6 11:30:12 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 66E0F106566C for ; Tue, 6 Mar 2012 11:30:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kraduk@gmail.com) Received: from mail-gy0-f182.google.com (mail-gy0-f182.google.com [209.85.160.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 164238FC13 for ; Tue, 6 Mar 2012 11:30:11 +0000 (UTC) Received: by ghrr20 with SMTP id r20so2409461ghr.13 for ; Tue, 06 Mar 2012 03:30:11 -0800 (PST) Received-SPF: pass (google.com: domain of kraduk@gmail.com designates 10.236.185.1 as permitted sender) client-ip=10.236.185.1; Authentication-Results: mr.google.com; spf=pass (google.com: domain of kraduk@gmail.com designates 10.236.185.1 as permitted sender) smtp.mail=kraduk@gmail.com; dkim=pass header.i=kraduk@gmail.com Received: from mr.google.com ([10.236.185.1]) by 10.236.185.1 with SMTP id t1mr15675380yhm.37.1331033411415 (num_hops = 1); Tue, 06 Mar 2012 03:30:11 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=Z8TKYdFEe9zz+n4WGWC7u2VdAu9aVHxCkhCCzOxeOeo=; b=jxOpBTr98FqfcT2hREp94OuthCYioyyUCgW9QiJTp6sqwK741ZHjvOopaLhN678/w2 4sPm/HP/ZzU7cyY3hE03GWppdTrekpXnQ1OB2CEWM4k3DXyOFzoRYuteMIPBvCUBO7Mc P01YF3nADHlI/hi5rbfRso0Dgr65V7KiZX27rLkITUNJew5UHepnFr5CCRpPUIiBR57N BpRZSyK2t219Kj3Ctj4T/Tigq3qYB+Sa2pgRzlh4dd+YGXi2hkZk3jk0pIZlQ+4DdQg8 zcJgdJjOHO7u3Swq6HE0zkPDCRuyifJuq00LvOWVpjaO+eSKCR+QSAexy1/AHece89fB Wxlg== MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.236.185.1 with SMTP id t1mr12287578yhm.37.1331033411362; Tue, 06 Mar 2012 03:30:11 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.236.22.7 with HTTP; Tue, 6 Mar 2012 03:30:11 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <4F55DDBA.9010301@my.gd> References: <1330390351993-5520494.post@n5.nabble.com> <4F4C8A61.5010605@my.gd> <4F55A834.5050302@comcast.net> <4F55DDBA.9010301@my.gd> Date: Tue, 6 Mar 2012 11:30:11 +0000 Message-ID: From: krad To: Damien Fleuriot Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Is it worthy upgrading to 9.0 ? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 06 Mar 2012 11:30:12 -0000 On 6 March 2012 09:49, Damien Fleuriot wrote: > > > On 3/6/12 7:01 AM, Allen wrote: > > On 2/28/2012 3:03 AM, Damien Fleuriot wrote: > >> This is an entirely subjective question and one that only you can > answer. > >> > >> For example, given the number of problem reports I'm seeing on the > >> lists, I'm going to stick with the 8-STABLE branch for still a long > >> time, likely until 9.1 or 9.2-RELEASE. > > > > I don't think it's a good idea to let what you see on a mailing list be > > your end all be all of what you use... This isn't an insult or anything, > > but I've seen some pretty damn stupid people who try to install stuff > > into Swap.... And that isn't even close to the stupidest thing I've ever > > seen on a list. Trust me, the best way to figure out of you personally > > would benefit from upgrading, is doing it yourself. > > > > I get your point, however, reports of NICs malfunctionning or stuff like > that are pretty distressing when running frontend firewall boxes. > > Seeing 9.0 doesn't bring much to the table, imo, in terms of firewalling > and CARP novelty, I'm probably going to stick with 8.3 for some time :) > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > apart from a major bump in the version of pf.