From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jul 25 12:28:59 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CCB0D1065672 for ; Wed, 25 Jul 2012 12:28:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ml@my.gd) Received: from mail-ee0-f54.google.com (mail-ee0-f54.google.com [74.125.83.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5A5EF8FC1A for ; Wed, 25 Jul 2012 12:28:59 +0000 (UTC) Received: by eeke52 with SMTP id e52so84221eek.13 for ; Wed, 25 Jul 2012 05:28:58 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=google.com; s=20120113; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding :x-gm-message-state; bh=/eAUpO8ms945Zf2A11X/MPHqHTvqCDJ8qApxCXX/pqM=; b=mYiqtCcS/3JlxyOSHD8e6Pe+JO/Pobcjyr3rfmeNJcVWJezk+inIBbHEaISfl+Gi22 65XQQcNDKAOUvjBalL4Jz0+g447D/HDwMSKHg1lJYQJY/N0M4RdkoD6yS1nBUQg2aPG4 aysTOPxB8c+10mPGexskwXTTciTAgsm2G0QGa7iXfaE6msyrPMxFLXWEBcP/zjtgwVPK XiQvVbz8outujYFx0YNO4sJ+p/VDqxa+BXDiw8Wy7ixr6sAnmt2Pqxy/6MC5UsXvuZn9 P/4DQi9YApvVjv23NMu2vo7FRSK3xepPpksDAUOPwiXBDMzmlJP5O3klNyAapuPgOhH4 33XA== Received: by 10.14.178.131 with SMTP id f3mr416438eem.38.1343219338218; Wed, 25 Jul 2012 05:28:58 -0700 (PDT) Received: from dfleuriot-at-hi-media.com ([83.167.62.196]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 8sm1652613eeg.16.2012.07.25.05.28.56 (version=SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Wed, 25 Jul 2012 05:28:57 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <500FE687.8060100@my.gd> Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2012 14:28:55 +0200 From: Damien Fleuriot User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.6; rv:14.0) Gecko/20120713 Thunderbird/14.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: , <500FD659.4090106@my.gd>, <20120725081328.2a4c66e7@scorpio> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQn/e/jJ6xVRhQ9gS+VFj0j6qL230xC9lMRssB9AdkwZG+ZS07PqNM6v+FQfQOiUvm+eKO7q Subject: Re: FreeBSD Stable production version. X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2012 12:28:59 -0000 While I participate in this philosophy, a very good point was made on this list that if everyone waits for x.1 , then x.1 will just be riddled with all the bugs that nobody (or only a select few) found in x.0 That is the point that decided me to get 9-STABLE for 2 of our new firewall boxes. On 7/25/12 2:24 PM, Marwan Sultan wrote: > > 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: >> . 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 > > > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >