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On 4 June 2014 17:52, John Kozubik <john@kozubik.com> wrote:

>
> freebsd.org website shows the following:
>
> Production: 10.0
> Legacy: 9.2, 8.4
> Upcoming: 9.3
>
> You can't put an x.0 release into production (a bigotry that is *well
> deserved* in light of 5.0 and 9.0) ... and 9.2 and 8.4 are legacy ... and
> we all know that 9.3 is as far as the 9 branch is going to go, so that's =
a
> dead end for any serious deployment.
>


Netflix have no problem using 9.0 [1], and you've not made any rational
argument against using 10.0=E2=80=A6 I would say the rule of thumb is to us=
e the
version that works for *you*.


1. https://www.netflix.com/openconnect/software


Best,

--=20
Igor M.