From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Nov 8 19:24:14 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E661F16A41F for ; Tue, 8 Nov 2005 19:24:14 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Received: from mailgate.bytemobile.com (mailgate.bytemobile.com [209.10.233.248]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 695CD43D45 for ; Tue, 8 Nov 2005 19:24:14 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Date: Tue, 8 Nov 2005 11:24:12 -0800 From: Giorgos Keramidas To: Dan Rue Message-ID: <20051108192412.GB1816@flame.pc> References: <20051108171019.GF27437@therub.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20051108171019.GF27437@therub.org> X-OriginalArrivalTime: 08 Nov 2005 19:24:13.0571 (UTC) FILETIME=[0093CD30:01C5E49A] Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Hi - I have question 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, 08 Nov 2005 19:24:15 -0000 On 2005-11-08 11:10, Dan Rue wrote: > On Tue Nov 1 06:10:18 PST 2005, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: > >On 2005-10-31 18:42, Nataly Afek wrote: > >> 1) I'm working with Freebsd 5.3 and i want to know > >> when will the support of this version will be finished? > > > >5.3-RELEASE was an "early adopter" release. Sice then, a lot of > >important bugs have been fixed in the RELENG_5 branch. You should > >definitely try updating to a newer version, like 5.4-RELEASE or even > >5-STABLE, as soon as possible. > > This is bad advise. Maybe. Then again, if one has problems with 5.3-RELEASE because of the serious bugs that release has, it may be good advice :) > 5.3 was not an early adopter release - it was the first > stable/production release of the 5 branch. Which was, in my opinion, rushed out a bit just because "it was about time a release was handed out to the world". This is why there are serious bugs in that release. This is why I recommended updating to a 5.4-RELEASE or newer, if possible. > Furthermore, according to http://www.freebsd.org/security/, it > is support until at least October 31, 2006. The original > poster just has to update 5.3 to get the latest security > updates according to the handbook. I know :) This only covers security fixes and any other fixes the security team is willing to backport though. Bug fixes that are potentially useful but do not pose a security threat, may lag a bit behind. > And lastly, it is bad advise to upgrade to 5-STABLE. 5-STABLE > is the 5 development branch, and should not be run unless you > know better. Hummm. If you want to start nit-picking about the meaning of words, then it's not a very good idea to call "RELENG_5" a "development branch" either. Anyway... > General users should stick with releases. In this case, the > original poster's options are stay with 5.3 (and probably grab > the security updates), upgrade to 5.4, or to 6.0. Exactly. I agree 100% with this. This was exactly what I meant when I suggested updating to 5.4-RELEASE or 5-STABLE. It's also my personal opinion that 5-STABLE is safer for someone who's accustomed to 5.3-RELEASE. But that's more a guess than an absolute certainty right now, since I haven't run any 5.X version in production machines for a while. - Giorgos PS: Please ignore the useless footer the mail gateway adds to all my posts while I'm behind this particular network. The text is entirely useless and rather annoying when I post to open lists like this one. This e-mail and any attachments may contain confidential and privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail, do not forward this email to any other person, delete this e-mail and destroy all copies. Any dissemination or use of this information by a person other than the intended recipient is unauthorized and may be illegal.