From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Aug 25 23:32:22 2004 Return-Path: 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 6092616A4CE for ; Wed, 25 Aug 2004 23:32:22 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mail6.speakeasy.net (mail6.speakeasy.net [216.254.0.206]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 28AA443D5E for ; Wed, 25 Aug 2004 23:32:22 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from curtis@npc-usa.com) Received: (qmail 32499 invoked from network); 25 Aug 2004 23:32:21 -0000 Received: from dsl017-040-162.sea1.dsl.speakeasy.net (HELO crab.npc-usa.com) ([69.17.40.162]) (envelope-sender ) by mail6.speakeasy.net (qmail-ldap-1.03) with SMTP for ; 25 Aug 2004 23:32:21 -0000 Received: from [10.0.1.12] (OSX [10.0.1.12]) by crab.npc-usa.com with SMTP (Microsoft Exchange Internet Mail Service Version 5.5.2657.72) id R2R8Z5AW; Wed, 25 Aug 2004 16:32:02 -0700 In-Reply-To: <200408251609.40419.FreeBSD@InsightBB.com> References: <200408251609.40419.FreeBSD@InsightBB.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v619) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Message-Id: <01248BF4-F6EF-11D8-8159-000393934006@npc-usa.com> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Curtis Vaughan Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2004 16:32:18 -0700 To: Steven Friedrich X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.619) cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 4.8 > 4.10 successful. Now > 5.x? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2004 23:32:22 -0000 > 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