From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jan 6 08:17:58 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9AA4116A4CE for ; Tue, 6 Jan 2004 08:17:58 -0800 (PST) Received: from obsecurity.dyndns.org (adsl-67-119-53-122.dsl.lsan03.pacbell.net [67.119.53.122]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8410A43D48 for ; Tue, 6 Jan 2004 08:17:57 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from kris@obsecurity.org) Received: by obsecurity.dyndns.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 1562666C77; Tue, 6 Jan 2004 08:17:53 -0800 (PST) Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2004 08:17:53 -0800 From: Kris Kennaway To: John Fox Message-ID: <20040106161752.GA19087@xor.obsecurity.org> References: <20040105174326.GD225@mind.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="45Z9DzgjV8m4Oswq" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20040105174326.GD225@mind.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Viability of 5.X line for production use X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 06 Jan 2004 16:17:58 -0000 --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--