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Date:      Mon, 29 Jun 2009 15:05:23 -0400
From:      Earl Gay <earl@eeg3.net>
To:        Brad Mettee <bmettee@pchotshots.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: update from 7.0 to 7.2?
Message-ID:  <ff44cb250906291205x50b37e1by84c93be57adee5e4@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <4.3.2.7.2.20090629140002.02ee3cb8@mail.pchotshots.com>
References:  <4.3.2.7.2.20090629140002.02ee3cb8@mail.pchotshots.com>

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On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 2:05 PM, Brad Mettee <bmettee@pchotshots.com> wrote:

> If a system is stable and ports are up to date, serving mail & web pages as
> needed, is there any reason to update from this:
> FreeBSD ns1.pchotshots.com 7.0-RELEASE FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE #0: Sun Feb 24
> 10:35:36 UTC 2008     root@driscoll.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC
>  amd64
>
> To something newer? (like 7.2 stable)
>
> Would there be any noticeable benefit from an update?
>
> Thanks
>
>        Brad Mettee
>        PC HotShots, Inc.
>        Baltimore, MD
>        (410) 426-7617



There's always the "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" belief. If you're using
ZFS, 7.2-STABLE has the latest ZFS update; comparitavely, 7.1-RELEASE has a
longer time until end-of-life. You could also check out the release notes to
see if any of the updates are something worth upgrading for, respective to
your needs/setup.

Regards,
Earl



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