From owner-freebsd-newbies Mon Oct 19 10:41:51 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id KAA27859 for freebsd-newbies-outgoing; Mon, 19 Oct 1998 10:41:51 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dt053nb4.san.rr.com (dt053nb4.san.rr.com [204.210.34.180]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id KAA27847 for ; Mon, 19 Oct 1998 10:41:48 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from Studded@gorean.org) Received: from gorean.org (Studded@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dt053nb4.san.rr.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id KAA19433 for ; Mon, 19 Oct 1998 10:41:24 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from Studded@gorean.org) Message-ID: <362B79C3.EAA3607E@gorean.org> Date: Mon, 19 Oct 1998 10:41:23 -0700 From: Studded Organization: Triborough Bridge & Tunnel Authority X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.5b2 [en] (X11; I; FreeBSD 2.2.7-STABLE-1015 i386) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: FreeBSD-Newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: upgrading notes References: <19981019180600.39400@welearn.com.au> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Sue Blake wrote: Overall I think this is right on, just a few comments. > My suggestions for newbies are: > > - Don't try to be first kid on the block with a new version. > Let the expert and the gullible fall into any holes first. I would extend this to say, "Never install a FreeBSD -RELEASE." I don't remember the last time a -Release didn't create a bunch of errors due to last minute cramming in of things. Watch the -Stable mailing list (for 2.2.x) and wait for things to calm down a bit after the -Release and then install the latest -Stable. > - Don't bother upgrading unless you have a reason to. Many people > are running older versions just fine (2.2.2 here). 2.2.2 is easily the worst release of FreeBSD on the 2.2 branch. There are lots of reasons to upgrade, not the least of which is that if you're not up to date you won't be able to use the latest ports. There have been a few very serious changes in the ports tree in the last month or so that require an up to date system. There are also a lot of security and performance improvements in more recent versions. The 2.2 tree is extremely stable right now. That will be less true when people start getting ready for the 2.2.8-Release. > Other newbies have businesses that depend on their systems > so allow them to choose too. Try not to confuse them with reports > of your risky experiments. If this list is for new users to discuss their experiences, that's what it has to be for. > - If you have any problems at any stage, *always* send them > to freebsd-questions (not here). The people in -questions > will give you reliable answers (usually), your questions > and their answers will be archived where the next person can > find them before it's too late, All FreeBSD mailing lists are archived, including -newbies. Good luck, Doug -- *** Chief Operations Officer, DALnet IRC network *** Go PADRES! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message