Date: Sun, 16 Mar 2003 15:15:00 -0800 (PST) From: Doug Barton <DougB@FreeBSD.org> To: Tim Bishop <tim-lists@bishnet.net> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: STABLE on a new production system Message-ID: <20030316151219.N73850@znfgre.tberna.bet> In-Reply-To: <20030316215126.GA24916@raq15.uk2net.com> References: <20030316215126.GA24916@raq15.uk2net.com>
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On Sun, 16 Mar 2003, Tim Bishop wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I'm about to start building a new production server (web and e-mail
> mainly) and I'm pondering which version of FreeBSD to install. All my
> other productions machines are running either -STABLE or in the most
> important cases a security branch. I follow this list, so I'm confident
> enough to run -STABLE :-)
Good, run -stable. :)
> However, now FreeBSD 5.0 is out I'm unsure of what to install on a new
> machine. I'm aware that 5.0 isn't geared towards production systems,
> and I expect there could be some stability issues or problems building
> ports. That said, if I opt for 4.8 it won't be that long until I'll be
> looking at reinstalling/upgrading to get up to 5.2 and the new -STABLE. So
> maybe just opting for 5.0 and bearing with it for the coming months is
> the way to go?
Regardless of cvs tags, an actual production-ready 5.x is at least a year
away. Only run 5.x IF you can handle down time, debugging, and reading
both freebsd-current and the source cvs commit list religiously. (And yes,
this is meant to be scary.)
HTH,
Doug
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