From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 2 22:54:39 2009 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 ECC2E106566C for ; Fri, 2 Jan 2009 22:54:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from yanefbsd@gmail.com) Received: from yx-out-2324.google.com (yx-out-2324.google.com [74.125.44.30]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 98D2B8FC08 for ; Fri, 2 Jan 2009 22:54:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from yanefbsd@gmail.com) Received: by yx-out-2324.google.com with SMTP id 8so2929921yxb.13 for ; Fri, 02 Jan 2009 14:54:38 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:references:message-id:from:to :in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:x-mailer :mime-version:subject:date:cc; bh=lZuwatB/LXXdZsni4TJDTiARHhxiYHk4UdBQ7dGf3io=; b=bqC8Ed1frO9rdEx3P+O/9p5wCz2BJo92WgFTqp/qYXRqDbiojtHq4SJ722jcBURBCd 1CTIQ9ErMCbdeKcuzLBBzE8bideIZqmOYSTJUWajYNp0Knk68TNkaCd18h/Ndpqz7/Z1 Poxsy4W8tqLhb54nEhifmvgezAvbKmFYjiNLk= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=references:message-id:from:to:in-reply-to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:x-mailer:mime-version:subject:date:cc; b=urpOCM3WmcbI9KaFfGQVimYu6IdE8FOIYwJKEAen/WDkcECXtxnHaka02PCAfCkbgO yZ8jDyOsMDWBtMQ1U2P5c4yQ0lv9DHaJKSv5/jA7bfJRRaXB1/bEPPPIXAbJIyNwkH6k pnPxyW0lRDTlO4xCe8+EmnVDva2IQyDBPQ4DI= Received: by 10.100.107.3 with SMTP id f3mr10050683anc.28.1230936878920; Fri, 02 Jan 2009 14:54:38 -0800 (PST) Received: from ?10.91.47.150? ([32.157.237.237]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id c28sm24142902anc.47.2009.01.02.14.54.36 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Fri, 02 Jan 2009 14:54:38 -0800 (PST) References: <495E79EF.8000601@gmail.com> Message-Id: From: Garrett Cooper To: "Thomas T. Veldhouse" In-Reply-To: <495E79EF.8000601@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: iPhone Mail (5G77) Mime-Version: 1.0 (iPhone Mail 5G77) Date: Fri, 2 Jan 2009 14:54:29 -0800 Cc: "freebsd-stable@freebsd.org" Subject: Re: Update ports on 6.3 or update OS to 7.1(RC2) and update ports? 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: Fri, 02 Jan 2009 22:54:40 -0000 On Jan 2, 2009, at 12:32, "Thomas T. Veldhouse" wrote: > I have a machine where several of my installed applications are > getting way behind. It is not a mission critical server, but I need > it to be stable (I have all fairly old well supported hardware, > nothing special). > > Since updating and rebuilding all the ports is pretty much mandatory > for the upgrade to 7.x and I plan to take that path soon, would most > people consider 7.1RC2 stable enough for a move now? The machine is > a home server that provides several services on my network, but is > rarely under any load. > > I know this is rather vague question, so I will be happy with any > vague answers; just positive or negative experiences with well > supported hardware (old Dell 8250 P4 3.0GHz 1.5GB 1066 RAMBUS). > > Thanks in advance, > > Tom Veldhouse Tom, Based on my experimentation, I'd say 7.1 rc2 is stable enough for your hardware. More bleeding edge hardware appears to be a problem with the rc version. Cheers, -Garrett