Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2009 14:53:51 +0200 From: Albert Shih <Albert.Shih@obspm.fr> To: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> Cc: Brad Mettee <bmettee@pchotshots.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: update from 7.0 to 7.2? Message-ID: <20090630125351.GG85383@obspm.fr> In-Reply-To: <44hbxysv6s.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> References: <4.3.2.7.2.20090629140002.02ee3cb8@mail.pchotshots.com> <44hbxysv6s.fsf@be-well.ilk.org>
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Le 29/06/2009 à 15:20:59-0400, Lowell Gilbert a écrit > Brad Mettee <bmettee@pchotshots.com> 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. Regards. -- Albert SHIH SIO batiment 15 Observatoire de Paris Meudon 5 Place Jules Janssen 92195 Meudon Cedex Heure local/Local time: Mar 30 jui 2009 14:50:02 CEST
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