From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 16 08:57:53 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7397016A41F for ; Fri, 16 Dec 2005 08:57:53 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from olli@lurza.secnetix.de) Received: from lurza.secnetix.de (lurza.secnetix.de [83.120.8.8]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3FB2443D5C for ; Fri, 16 Dec 2005 08:57:52 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from olli@lurza.secnetix.de) Received: from lurza.secnetix.de (eryjgx@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by lurza.secnetix.de (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id jBG8voIg099759 for ; Fri, 16 Dec 2005 09:57:51 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from oliver.fromme@secnetix.de) Received: (from olli@localhost) by lurza.secnetix.de (8.13.4/8.13.1/Submit) id jBG8vol2099758; Fri, 16 Dec 2005 09:57:50 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from olli) Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2005 09:57:50 +0100 (CET) Message-Id: <200512160857.jBG8vol2099758@lurza.secnetix.de> From: Oliver Fromme To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <20051216082704.GA52634@thought.org> X-Newsgroups: list.freebsd-stable User-Agent: tin/1.5.4-20000523 ("1959") (UNIX) (FreeBSD/4.11-STABLE (i386)) Cc: Subject: Re: HEADS UP: Release schedule for 2006 X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2005 08:57:53 -0000 Gary Kline wrote: > Sounds like an ambitious schedule... All my FBSD servers > are at least up to 5.3; my laptop is happy at 5.4. I have > what I believe to be a rationalquestion. Why should I go > beyond v5.5? Because 6 better, faster, more colorful and more fun. :-) But seriously ... I'm running all my machines at home on RELENG_6 (6-stable by now) for half a year already, especially including my notebook. A lot of things that didn't work with 5.x or required a lot of fiddling now "just run" out of the box with FreeBSD 6, and it also feels a bit faster. Also, power-saving works better, so my notebook runs longer on battery. Stability is the same or even better -- I haven't had a single panic in those six months for which I've been using RELENG_6 (except a few panics upon shutdown, but after syncing the disks so it didn't hurt anything; I guess it's an ACPI issue with that particular mainboard, because it happens only on one of the machines). The upgrade from 5.x to 6.x is completely painless and no more risky or difficult than from 5.3 to 5.4. I've seen reports of a few people who had problems with 6.0, but personally I didn't have any, and I wouldn't want to go back. In fact I can't think of a single reason why I wouldn't upgrade a FreeBSD machine to 6.x. YMMV. Best regards Oliver -- Oliver Fromme, secnetix GmbH & Co. KG, Marktplatz 29, 85567 Grafing Dienstleistungen mit Schwerpunkt FreeBSD: http://www.secnetix.de/bsd Any opinions expressed in this message may be personal to the author and may not necessarily reflect the opinions of secnetix in any way. "Perl will consistently give you what you want, unless what you want is consistency." -- Larry Wall