Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2007 21:49:32 +0200 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.org> To: noc@hdk5.net Cc: "P.U.Kruppa" <ulrich@pukruppa.net>, questions@freebsd.org, Charles Bacon <crtb@cape.com> Subject: Re: End-of-life for my amd64 ? Message-ID: <46F17D4C.9070403@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <46F165B0.8000309@hdk5.net> References: <20070918170558.X79003@tomato.local> <20070919044912.R22958@small> <46F0F1DF.9020508@FreeBSD.org> <46F165B0.8000309@hdk5.net>
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NetOpsCenter wrote: > Kris Kennaway wrote: > >> P.U.Kruppa wrote: >> >>> On Tue, 18 Sep 2007, Charles Bacon wrote: >>> >>>> I installed FreeBSD-RELEASE6.2 last January, and wonder if there >>>> will be >>>> a 6.3. Just discovered freebsd-update(8), tried it out, and saw: >>>> >>>> WARNING: FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE is approaching its End-of-Life date. >>>> It is strongly recommended that you upgrade to a newer >>>> release within the next 4 months. >>>> >>>> 1. Now I wonder if I'll have to rebuild my filesystems again when 7.0 >>>> comes out. ...releases/amd64 contains only 6.1 and 6.2 among the >>>> ISO images. >>> >>> Have a look at http://www.freebsd.org/releng/index.html . >>> There will be at least a 6.3-RELEASE (work hasn't started yet) and >>> 7.0 will be sort of a non-production beta release. So you will have >>> enough time before you have to do a a major upgrade. >> >> >> I disagree that 7.0 will be a non-production beta release. We're >> working very hard to make sure it as good quality as it can be (but >> that also depends directly on users helping out). >> >> Kris >> _______________________________________________ >> 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" >> > Aloha, > > In support of FreeBSD 7.0 and the people who have developed it.... > > I have been using FreeBSD 7.0 since Jan 8 2007 CURRENT on this box > which is a desktop for browsing and email with a Dual core AMD CPU setup. > It rocks. > > I use FreeBSD 7.0 Current on 2 small mailservers using 3 year old > hardware and it is rock solid. I believe the FreeBSD team has really got > their act together on this one. > > (From Experience with FreeBSD: I have run FreeBSD since 3.*on desktops > with xfce3 gui. I now run servers for www and postfix as well. ) > > > ~Al Plant - Honolulu, Hawaii - Phone: 808-284-2740 > + http://hawaiidakine.com + http://freebsdinfo.org + noc@hdk5.net + > + http://internetohana.org - Supporting - FreeBSD 6.* - 7.* + > "All that's really worth doing is what we do for others."- Lewis Carrol > > > Thanks for the feedback. It's always good to hear "it works fine" anti-bug-reports :) Kris
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