Date: Sun, 2 Apr 2017 20:34:41 +0100 From: Paul Macdonald <paul@ifdnrg.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: FreeBSD long term support (Post 11.0) Message-ID: <59472acf-aa73-f5f1-9be6-abd771b3289b@ifdnrg.com>
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Am i correct in thinking that for long term support its now more advisable to install STABLE as opposed to RELEASE builds? i.e From: https://www.freebsd.org/security/ "Under the new support model, each major version's stable branch is explicitly supported for 5 years, while each individual point release is only supported for three months after the next point release." We've traditionally always installed REL builds, but for example all our 11.0-REL installs look to be EOL'd within 2 months /*WARNING: FreeBSD 11.0-RELEASE-p8 is approaching its End-of-Life date.*// //It is strongly recommended that you upgrade to a newer release within the next 2 months.// / Additionally is there still no way to switch from STABLE->REL, or REL->STABLE via freebsd-update? thanks Paul. -- ------------------------- Paul Macdonald IFDNRG Ltd Web and video hosting ------------------------- t: 0131 5548070 m: 07970339546 e: paul@ifdnrg.com w: http://www.ifdnrg.com ------------------------- IFDNRG 40 Maritime Street Edinburgh EH6 6SA ---------------------------------------------------- High Specification Dedicated Servers from £100.00pm ----------------------------------------------------
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