Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2000 11:21:15 -0400 (EDT) From: Kenneth Wayne Culver <culverk@wam.umd.edu> To: Christoph Sold <so@server.i-clue.de> Cc: jschoch@siscom.net, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD v3.5!!!!!!!!! Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.21.0006211120330.26045-100000@rac6.wam.umd.edu> In-Reply-To: <3950DA21.20612634@i-clue.de>
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> If I had to rebuild a production box completely, I would have to put about > a week worth of time into it. Upgrading a production box would cause > non-acceptable downtimes. Upgrading 3.x-S to 3.5-S can be done using > CVSuping and make buildworld while in production. make installworld needs > a couple of minutes in single-user mode only. Hardly anybody will notice > if I do this at, say, 6 a.m. > > IMHO, the 3-Stable branch has at least another year of live in it -- > although it should receive critical fixes only now. > > Just my $.05. > -Christoph Sold > > james scoch wrote: > > > I noted in your announcements that FreeBSD v.3.5 is due sometime after > > 20JUN00. > > I couldn't believe my ears when I saw that. v4.0 seems to be working > > quite well since I installed it earlier this year. > > Sorry fellows, but even after celebrating my 19th birthday anniversary > > this past February 29, I still haven't learned to resist temptation. > > As he said, 3.5 is only getting bugfixes, and not many new features... 4.x is considered by most to be the more stable branch, and it's faster in my own experience. Ken To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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