From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Nov 10 01:39:48 2006 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 2894216A407 for ; Fri, 10 Nov 2006 01:39:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tom@samplonius.org) Received: from ly.sdf.com (ly.sdf.com [216.113.193.83]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AA7D943D49 for ; Fri, 10 Nov 2006 01:39:47 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from tom@samplonius.org) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ly.sdf.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id D884D10C667; Thu, 9 Nov 2006 17:44:21 -0800 (PST) X-DSPAM-Result: Innocent X-DSPAM-Processed: Thu Nov 9 17:44:21 2006 X-DSPAM-Confidence: 0.9997 X-DSPAM-Probability: 0.0000 X-DSPAM-Signature: 4553d97546811596710534 X-DSPAM-Factors: 27, X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at X-Spam-Score: -3.659 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.659 tagged_above=-10 required=6.6 tests=[ALL_TRUSTED=-1.8, AWL=-0.512, BAYES_00=-2.599, DSPAM_HAM=-0.1, HTML_10_20=1.351, HTML_MESSAGE=0.001] Received: from ly.sdf.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (ly.sdf.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id i0piTCGeWMP6; Thu, 9 Nov 2006 17:44:21 -0800 (PST) Received: from ly.sdf.com (ly.sdf.com [216.113.193.83]) by ly.sdf.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 03FF810C666; Thu, 9 Nov 2006 17:44:21 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <24298619.01163123060258.JavaMail.root@ly.sdf.com> Date: Thu, 9 Nov 2006 17:44:20 -0800 (PST) From: Tom Samplonius To: frank@exit.com In-Reply-To: <1163117316.11870.5.camel@jill.exit.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: wlodek11@magma.ca, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, Kay Abendroth Subject: Re: pls.which.way.to.go? 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, 10 Nov 2006 01:39:48 -0000 > > I would upgrade to 5.5 first. >> Then it's up to you, but waiting for 6.3 is probably not a bad idea, >> before going further up the hill to 6.x. > > Please don't top-post. > > And I disagree. He should go straight to 6.2. If he's going to go to > the trouble of upgrading, he should go straight to the latest, most > stable release, which is (or shortly will be) 6.2. I agree. On a new server, go straight to 6.2. The only reason to go to 5.5, is if you must to a "make world" upgrade on an existing server. You'd want to avoid upgrade pain, when possible. Additionally, 6.x is the only release getting any improvement. 6.2 seems to have particular issues with NICs right about now, as the timer code was changes and some of the drivers need some work. But it is not released yet either. Tom