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From: Dan Nelson <dnelson@allantgroup.com>
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In the last episode (Jan 05), John Fox said:
> 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 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.
> 
> 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?

I think as long as you're not using the features that are causing other
people problems (SATA, some acpi stuff, etc), 5.x is just fine.

-- 
	Dan Nelson
	dnelson@allantgroup.com