From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jan 11 21:31:43 2005 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 F147B16A4CE for ; Tue, 11 Jan 2005 21:31:43 +0000 (GMT) Received: from levanto.mail.adnap.net.au (levanto.mail.adnap.net.au [203.6.132.83]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 70A1543D2F for ; Tue, 11 Jan 2005 21:31:43 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from tim@spyderweb.com.au) Received: from bofh.spyderweb.com.au (219-90-233-62.ip.adam.com.au [219.90.233.62]) by levanto.mail.adnap.net.au (Postfix) with ESMTP id CDF435C81 for ; Wed, 12 Jan 2005 07:59:57 +1030 (CST) Received: from spyderweb.com.au (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by bofh.spyderweb.com.au (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id j0BLWIli056895 for ; Wed, 12 Jan 2005 08:02:19 +1030 (CST) (envelope-from tim@spyderweb.com.au) Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2005 08:02:16 +1030 From: Tim Aslat To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20050112080216.641a9cae@bofh.spyderweb.com.au> In-Reply-To: References: Organization: Spyderweb Consulting X-Mailer: Sylpheed-Claws 0.9.13 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-portbld-freebsd5.3) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: Which OS should we use? 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: Tue, 11 Jan 2005 21:31:44 -0000 In the immortal words of Paul Schmehl ... > We're getting ready to create some new servers from scratch > (format/install). We've been using 4.9 and 4.10 for a while now with > no problems. We've got one 5.3 box setup for test purposes. > > On this list I have seen comments about instability issues in 5.3. > These servers need to be stable. Should we install 4.10/11? Or move > up to 5.3? Personally, I would consider moving to the 5.x branch as it has now been declared to be the "Stable" branch, and the 4.x versions won't be supported much longer. I've set up several servers using 5.3 and they seem reasonably stable. I'm now in the process of upgrading one of my older servers to 5.3 from 4.8. Of course, others may have different ideas, but in the end, if the test server you set up works like it should, what reason do you have for not using it? Cheers Tim -- Tim Aslat Spyderweb Consulting http://www.spyderweb.com.au Phone: +61 0401088479