From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Nov 14 18:29:33 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0DCA416A418 for ; Wed, 14 Nov 2007 18:29:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from billy@nlcc.us) Received: from mail2.wildblue.net (mail2.wildblue.net [216.126.204.44]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E8E0613C47E for ; Wed, 14 Nov 2007 18:29:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from billy@nlcc.us) Received: from ibm.nlcc.us (67-54-202-48.cust.wildblue.net [67.54.202.48]) by mail2.wildblue.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0F0324A369A for ; Wed, 14 Nov 2007 11:02:10 -0700 (MST) Received: (qmail 78616 invoked by uid 89); 14 Nov 2007 18:02:03 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO ?192.168.0.33?) (billy@192.168.0.33) by ibm.nlcc.us with ESMTPA; 14 Nov 2007 18:02:03 -0000 Message-ID: <473B3819.2020301@nlcc.us> Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2007 12:02:01 -0600 From: Billy Newsom User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 (Windows/20070728) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org References: <86y7d1nk8t.fsf@zid.claresco.hr> <473ADD0F.1000603@lightray.org> In-Reply-To: <473ADD0F.1000603@lightray.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: FreeBSD 6.3 or FreeBSD 7.0 X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2007 18:29:33 -0000 Dylan Smith wrote: > Marko Lerota wrote: >> I see that 6.3 and 7.0 is comming. Now I'm using 6.2-RELEASE for my >> servers. To what should I upgrade? Which of them will be stable or >> production release? >> >> > > Both of them will be production stable at release, i'd say that unless > you have reason, such as non-supported hardware in 7, to stay with the > 6-branch upgrade to 7-RELEASE. 6.3 will afaik be the last revision to > the 6 branch aside from bug/security fixes. > If the security webpage at FreeBSD is any indication, then if (for example) 7.0 is released before 6.3, then 6.3 will be supported that much longer than 7.0. And so although the branch may be getting cut off, in the overall big picture, 6.3 may be fine. For example, around the time 6.3 (or 6-stable) stops being supported, 7.0 may be long deprecated in favor of perhaps 7.4 or 7-stable or 8.1 or whatever. The 4.x branch was ultra supported beyond its time, IIRC. Billy