Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2012 12:24:33 +0000 From: Marwan Sultan <dead_line@hotmail.com> To: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: FreeBSD Stable production version. Message-ID: <BAY170-W13908CE20F01D143852F2139AC30@phx.gbl> In-Reply-To: <20120725081328.2a4c66e7@scorpio> References: <BAY170-W1663C21603F489541F2C4F9AC30@phx.gbl>, <500FD659.4090106@my.gd>, <20120725081328.2a4c66e7@scorpio>
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Well, I also like your philosophy of waiting x.1 ! its a very good point. Maybe 8.3-R would be the best. I will wait to hear more comments. > Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2012 08:13:28 -0400 > From: jerry@seibercom.net > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: FreeBSD Stable production version. > > On Wed, 25 Jul 2012 13:19:53 +0200 > Damien Fleuriot articulated: > > > I'd say it's a matter of personal preference. > > > > We're mostly running 8.3 in production here. > > > > I've recently installed 9-STABLE servers to try them out and fill PRs > > if I get problems. > > > > I would encourage you to use 9-STABLE so that you may do the same and > > ensure the stability of future releases. > > I would agree with that philosophy up to a point. It is definitely a > matter of personal preference; however, for myself, I NEVER install > version X.0 of any software if said software is to be used in a mission > critical situation. I always wait until X.1 is released. If possible in > your case, would it be feasible to wait until 9.1 is released? You > can gather some info on it here: > <http://www.freebsd.org/releases/9.1R/schedule.html>. As usual, any > correlation between the expected release date and the actual date is > purely coincidental. Just my 2¢ on the matter. > > -- > Jerry ♔ > > Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. > Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. > __________________________________________________________________ > If you steal from one author it's plagiarism; if you steal from > many it's research. > > Wilson Mizner
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