From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jun 30 13:17:30 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 42D411065670 for ; Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:17:30 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from on@cs.ait.ac.th) Received: from mail.cs.ait.ac.th (mail.cs.ait.ac.th [192.41.170.16]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B689D8FC1D for ; Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:17:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from on@cs.ait.ac.th) Received: from banyan.cs.ait.ac.th (banyan.cs.ait.ac.th [192.41.170.5]) by mail.cs.ait.ac.th (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id n5UDCqFe001950 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Tue, 30 Jun 2009 20:12:52 +0700 (ICT) (envelope-from on@cs.ait.ac.th) Received: (from on@localhost) by banyan.cs.ait.ac.th (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id n5UDHM0H001348; Tue, 30 Jun 2009 20:17:22 +0700 (ICT) (envelope-from on) Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2009 20:17:22 +0700 (ICT) Message-Id: <200906301317.n5UDHM0H001348@banyan.cs.ait.ac.th> From: Olivier Nicole To: freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org, bmettee@pchotshots.com, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-reply-to: <20090630125351.GG85383@obspm.fr> (message from Albert Shih on Tue, 30 Jun 2009 14:53:51 +0200) References: <4.3.2.7.2.20090629140002.02ee3cb8@mail.pchotshots.com> <44hbxysv6s.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> <20090630125351.GG85383@obspm.fr> X-Virus-Scanned: on CSIM by amavisd-milter (http://www.amavis.org/) Cc: Subject: Re: update from 7.0 to 7.2? 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: Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:17:30 -0000 > > Brad Mettee writes: > > > > > If a system is stable and ports are up to date, serving mail & web > > > pages as needed, is there any reason to update from this: > > > FreeBSD ns1.pchotshots.com 7.0-RELEASE FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE #0: Sun Feb > > > 24 10:35:36 UTC 2008 > > > root@driscoll.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC amd64 > > > > > > To something newer? (like 7.2 stable) > > > > > > Would there be any noticeable benefit from an update? > > > > At *least* make sure you get the security updates... > > > Other reason to make time to time a update is to simplify you life when > your old version don't work after N years. Someday you may have (for example) > postfix don't work anymore on you old version. So when you don't have the > choice, the update may very hard to make. Another reason to consider, at some date, 7.0 will not be amintained anymore. At that time you may be facing difficulties to upgrade to the latest legacy release: upgrades are better tested when done in sequence: 7.0 to 7.1, 7.1 to 7.2, etc. 7.x to 8.y. 7.0 to 8.y may work, or may not. So you better not stay too far behind. Bests, Olivier