Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2005 12:12:51 -1000 From: Clifton Royston <cliftonr@lava.net> To: Colin Percival <cperciva@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Will 5.4 be an "Extended Life" release? Message-ID: <20050412221249.GF1953@lava.net> In-Reply-To: <425C469E.3010400@freebsd.org> References: <20050412213328.GC1953@lava.net> <425C469E.3010400@freebsd.org>
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On Tue, Apr 12, 2005 at 03:07:26PM -0700, Colin Percival wrote:
> Clifton Royston wrote:
> > In the next month or two I've got to upgrade a number of servers that
> > are currently on an EOL'd version of 4-STABLE. I foresee that I'll
> > have very limited time to do full OS upgrades on these systems in the
> > coming several years, so I want to make sure I bring them onto an
> > extended-life branch.
>
> My personal recommendation is to put them on FreeBSD 5.3 right now, and
> to move up to 5.4 when it is released. Minor version upgrades are really
> easy in FreeBSD -- once I had downloaded the ISO image, it took me all of
> five minutes to upgrade from FreeBSD 5.3 to 5.4-BETA1. (I have detailed
> instructions online on doing the 4.8->4.11 upgrade, and I'll put similar
> instructions online about the 5.3->5.4 upgrade once 5.4 is released.)
Thanks very much for your prompt and well thought out response!
I think I'll go with your recommendation.
-- Clifton
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Clifton Royston -- cliftonr@tikitechnologies.com
Tiki Technologies Lead Programmer/Software Architect
"I'm gonna tell my son to grow up pretty as the grass is green
And whip-smart as the English Channel's wide..."
-- 'Whip-Smart', Liz Phair
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