From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun May 16 15:42:46 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4E801106566C for ; Sun, 16 May 2010 15:42:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dan.naumov@gmail.com) Received: from fg-out-1718.google.com (fg-out-1718.google.com [72.14.220.154]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D36F68FC13 for ; Sun, 16 May 2010 15:42:45 +0000 (UTC) Received: by fg-out-1718.google.com with SMTP id l26so1810023fgb.13 for ; Sun, 16 May 2010 08:42:44 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:received:date:message-id :subject:from:to:content-type; bh=8Md3a/xa/xo1PDImNctMU7c4XVByjQmRaY4zUX/3pCU=; b=R6ZJC4HCtRQgUR7ajBk6cdo8EYeokMJIoJZVyRyyLpSNYUrV1Orz07gPoehH6KEHX3 WmZMEjKXBs6scAoJC4YgwPHfLaVFvrFSgaSGX9CFn14U6Exj0GkuEoby6Fqu+QzBTQqy H0pqqTCNjKLeCUcx1ElgRjd3P9S3Cbhs+MDlA= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; b=LCYp/HomZ/wq1qMXr93XPUQ68o+TpB2pywRQncB5t5VaDikpddalvC1X4oJAC1so38 giSS1p9rAYbzUy7mN9BEpGy2AOlGBqij07GiK7Cmv+2CkgLG5LUWzs408EUW8UqcZGC5 9GAMldyat/35zT+LzEMo4BAlQW1KRZ3jG2Apg= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.204.134.193 with SMTP id k1mr7159bkt.165.1274024564560; Sun, 16 May 2010 08:42:44 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.204.66.3 with HTTP; Sun, 16 May 2010 08:42:44 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sun, 16 May 2010 18:42:44 +0300 Message-ID: From: Dan Naumov To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Subject: How long do you go without upgrading FreeBSD to a newer release? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 16 May 2010 15:42:46 -0000 Hello folks Just a thought/question that has recently come to my mind: How long do you usually wait until upgrading to a newer release of FreeBSD? I am sure there are lots of people who upgrade straight away, but what about the opposite? What's your oldest currently running installation, do you have any issues and are you planning on an upgrade or do you intend to leave it running as is until some critical piece of hardware breaks down, requiring a replacement? The reason I am asking is: I have a 8.0 installation that I am VERY happy with. It runs like clockwork. eveything is properly configured and highly locked down, all services accessible to the outside world are running inside ezjail-managed jails on top of ZFS, meaning it's also very trivial to restore jails via snapshots, should the need ever arise. I don't really see myself NEEDING to upgrade for many years. even long after security updates stop being made for 8.0, since I can see myself being able to at least work my way around arising security issues with my configuration and to break into the real host OS and cause real damage would mean you have to be either really really dedicated, have a gun and know where I live or serve me with a warrant. Do you liva by the "If it's not broken, don't fix it" mantra or do you religiously keep your OS installations up to date? - Sincerely, Dan Naumov