From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 7 22:32:02 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 C00F016A4CE for ; Fri, 7 Jan 2005 22:32:02 +0000 (GMT) Received: from imo-d05.mx.aol.com (imo-d05.mx.aol.com [205.188.157.37]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 461A943D31 for ; Fri, 7 Jan 2005 22:32:02 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from Tm4528@aol.com) Received: from Tm4528@aol.com by imo-d05.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v37_r3.8.) id j.59.1e854c16 (4214); Fri, 7 Jan 2005 17:31:49 -0500 (EST) From: Tm4528@aol.com Message-ID: <59.1e854c16.2f1067d4@aol.com> Date: Fri, 7 Jan 2005 17:31:48 EST To: sp0ng3b0b@sbcglobal.net, questions@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: 9.0 for Windows sub 5116 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1 Subject: Re: How long will 4.x be supported? 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: Fri, 07 Jan 2005 22:32:02 -0000 In a message dated 1/7/05 4:50:07 PM Eastern Standard Time, sp0ng3b0b@sbcglobal.net writes: >Given the serious stability issues that *some* users are having with >5.3, many are sticking with 4.x for production servers. > >Will FreeBSD keep the 4.x line alive for a little while longer? Perhaps >going into 4.12, 4.13, etc? > >I ask this only because I don't see a lot of communication to the list about these issues being addressed. Just note that they "say" its supported, but if you want to use the latest Intel CPUs (800Mhz FSB Xeon64), they don't work in 4.x. Sadly noone in the FreeBSD universe is even familiar (it seems) with new server MBs.