Date: Sun, 16 May 2010 18:42:44 +0300 From: Dan Naumov <dan.naumov@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: How long do you go without upgrading FreeBSD to a newer release? Message-ID: <AANLkTilslPj7GtFD_tbliyvm7_18qeJOYqDMEca_70fa@mail.gmail.com>
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Hello folks Just a thought/question that has recently come to my mind: How long do you usually wait until upgrading to a newer release of FreeBSD? I am sure there are lots of people who upgrade straight away, but what about the opposite? What's your oldest currently running installation, do you have any issues and are you planning on an upgrade or do you intend to leave it running as is until some critical piece of hardware breaks down, requiring a replacement? The reason I am asking is: I have a 8.0 installation that I am VERY happy with. It runs like clockwork. eveything is properly configured and highly locked down, all services accessible to the outside world are running inside ezjail-managed jails on top of ZFS, meaning it's also very trivial to restore jails via snapshots, should the need ever arise. I don't really see myself NEEDING to upgrade for many years. even long after security updates stop being made for 8.0, since I can see myself being able to at least work my way around arising security issues with my configuration and to break into the real host OS and cause real damage would mean you have to be either really really dedicated, have a gun and know where I live or serve me with a warrant. Do you liva by the "If it's not broken, don't fix it" mantra or do you religiously keep your OS installations up to date? - Sincerely, Dan Naumov
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