Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2006 12:06:53 -0700 From: Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org> To: Chris Laco <claco@summitracing.com> Cc: Dan Lukes <dan@obluda.cz>, Jason Stone <freebsd-security@dfmm.org>, security-officer@freebsd.org, Garance A Drosihn <drosih@rpi.edu>, FreeBSD Stable <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: [fbsd] HEADS UP: FreeBSD 5.3, 5.4, 6.0 EoLs coming soon Message-ID: <452E924D.20000@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <4239A4FA4FF82E44AD6D215C41024B5C09601D01@exchange.summit.network> References: <4239A4FA4FF82E44AD6D215C41024B5C09601D01@exchange.summit.network>
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Chris Laco wrote:
> From my personal experience of (4) 4.x machines and (1) 5.x machine, all on
> the same hardware, I've had more problems with my 5.x install than I ever
> did with my 4.x install. I'm afraid to even look to see if 6.0 will run on
> it.
The odds are pretty close to 100% that things will run better with 6.x
than with 5.x. Many fixes that have been MFC'ed to 6.x have not and
will not be ported to 5.x.
hth,
Doug
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