Date: Fri, 1 Oct 2004 11:21:49 +0200 From: Simon Barner <barner@gmx.de> To: "Michael G. Goodell" <michael2043@comcast.net> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Last Question On Which Release Is Best For Production Message-ID: <20041001092148.GA26273@zi025.glhnet.mhn.de> In-Reply-To: <EOEHJPPPHJMFCJJOFCHNGEPOCFAA.michael2043@comcast.net> References: <EOEHJPPPHJMFCJJOFCHNGEPOCFAA.michael2043@comcast.net>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
--8t9RHnE3ZwKMSgU+ Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Michael G. Goodell wrote: > My question is this: I currently run 5.1 (uname -a yields: 5.1-RELEASE-p17) > and I read at the page http://www.freebsd.org/releng/index.html it states > that 5.1 is Frozen and also states (not officially supported) - Does this > mean that I am using a release that is not supported at all any longer and I > should upgrade to 5.3 or will my 5.1 release still have security patches and > such applied to it and eventually become production worthy. I'd say a two-fold "no". First, it's no longer a security branch, see e.g. here http://www.freebsd.org/security/#adv , and 5.1 is definitively not production worthy. Lot's of improvements (regarding stability, performance and features) went into FreeBSD 5 since then. Just have a look at the freebsd-current mailing list archive, and see how busy they are, and given the fact that 5.1 was released over one year ago, you can imagine what has changed since then. > Am I just > missing out on functionality by sticking with 5.1 and not moving up to 5.3? > Moreover, *if* I choose to move to 5.3 (when it is ready for prime time) can > I change my cvsupfile and then rebuild my kernel and world to the new 5.3 > release? Yes, but you should also rebuild all of your ports, for the following reasons: - the default threading libs changed - a new version of gcc was imported (bringing an (binary) incompatible c++ mangeling scheme) You might also upgrade to FreeBSD 5.3-BETA6 now, which already is in a very good condition, and update to 5.3-RELEASE as soon as it's released (presumably on 17 October). HTH, Simon --8t9RHnE3ZwKMSgU+ Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFBXSGsCkn+/eutqCoRAhnQAJ46T6CPb5sAgtS0q/9NxycOVT4GnACdH39P qS/HN+6xpqQNuocMzxndlIs= =JaDF -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --8t9RHnE3ZwKMSgU+--
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?20041001092148.GA26273>