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From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
To: Ewald Jenisch <a@jenisch.at>
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Subject: Re: New (blade) server - stick with FreeBSD 6.x or wait for FreeBSD
	7?
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On Mon, Jun 04, 2007 at 09:46:00AM +0200, Ewald Jenisch wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm about to set up a new server that should run basically
> network-monitoring (MRTG, Cacti etc.). Hardware will be HP C-class
> blade based on AMD Opterons.
> 
> Should I stick with FreeBS 6.x or wait for FreeBSD 7 (see
> http://www.freebsd.org/releng/index.html - "June 2007 Start FreeBSD
> 7.0 Release Process).

Note "start".  The release is still many months away, so presumably
you do not wish to wait until then to install your server :) You
should definitely keep an eye on it though, there is a lot of good
stuff coming up in 7.0.

> The question basically is: Will FreeBSD7 be "current" or "stable"?

It will be the start of a new stable branch.

Kris