Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2004 16:32:18 -0700 From: Curtis Vaughan <curtis@npc-usa.com> To: Steven Friedrich <FreeBSD@InsightBB.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 4.8 > 4.10 successful. Now > 5.x? Message-ID: <01248BF4-F6EF-11D8-8159-000393934006@npc-usa.com> In-Reply-To: <200408251609.40419.FreeBSD@InsightBB.com> References: <FA8297F5-F6C7-11D8-8159-000393934006@npc-usa.com> <200408251609.40419.FreeBSD@InsightBB.com>
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> 4.x is really a great unix. Very stable and plenty capable. > > If the software you're hoping to run REQUIRES features in 5.x, I > recommend > installing it directly. Meantime, I'd use mobile racks and install > 4.x on > one so I could learn more about maintaining FreeBSD, installing > ports/packages, etc. > > I have two identical boxes at home with RAID pairs. So on one pair I > have > WinBlows xp (which can only run in one of the two boxes because if > WinBlows > detects hardware changes, they'll disable the OS and you'll have to > call them > to get back in). > > Other pairs include: > lightning - FreeBSD 4.10-STABLE > daemon - FreeBSD 4.10-STABLE > gandalf - FreeBSD 5.2.1-CURRENT > freakinBSD - FreeBSD 5.2.1-CURRENT > > So these pairs can be slid into EITHER box and run just fine (talk > about > recovering from a hardware failure quickly!) > > 5.x is bleeding edge and too many inexperienced people are running it. > I > track it merely for the learning experience. I started as a data > systems > tech in the Navy in 1976. I've been a field service engineer, level-3 > tech > support, tech writer, programmer, sys admin, and janitor 8oP, and I am > challenged trying to track -CURRENT. > > People who want production machines shoudn't be tracking -CURRENT or > -STABLE, > IMHO. They should jump from release to release, i.e., run 4.9 until > 4.10 has > been out for a couple months, etc. Let OTHER people be beta sites. > > YMMV. > _____ Whereas I intend to run this server as a Postfix server w/ Courier IMAP, authentication through PAM/LDAP it would seem that I should stay at 4.10 then. Is this correct or not? Also, if this server goes into production, then how much of a pain in the ass is it going to be to move to 5.x when it's stable? Curtis
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