Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2004 08:17:53 -0800 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: John Fox <readbsd@mind.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Viability of 5.X line for production use Message-ID: <20040106161752.GA19087@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <20040105174326.GD225@mind.net> References: <20040105174326.GD225@mind.net>
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--45Z9DzgjV8m4Oswq Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, Jan 05, 2004 at 09:43:26AM -0800, John Fox wrote: > Hello, >=20 > We're planning some new mail servers, and until now I've been assuming > that they would run under FreeBSD 4.X. But it occurred to me this=20 > morning that the 4.X line is going to go away relatively soon, and that > perhaps I'd be better off going with 5.X for these new boxen, as it > would probably simplify the upgrade (keeping up with releases and bug > fixes) process. >=20 > So I'm wondering -- do the experts here judge 5.X as ready for use > in a production environment, or would that be asking for trouble? Wait for 5.2-R to come out, then wait a month or more for any undetected serious bugs to get fixed in the release branch. Then try it on one machine and see how it fares. Kris --45Z9DzgjV8m4Oswq Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE/+t+wWry0BWjoQKURAhMvAKDiQP+Zqdr1AOlDdbw/rdwdeP83EACfXjq1 YGNxak35GLKpqyCxiLs8jXk= =0QY5 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --45Z9DzgjV8m4Oswq--
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