From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue May 26 04:12:51 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4D1A11065670 for ; Tue, 26 May 2009 04:12:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from perryh@pluto.rain.com) Received: from agora.rdrop.com (unknown [IPv6:2607:f678:1010::34]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2360A8FC0C for ; Tue, 26 May 2009 04:12:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from perryh@pluto.rain.com) Received: from agora.rdrop.com (66@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by agora.rdrop.com (8.13.1/8.12.7) with ESMTP id n4Q4CnG6037586 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Mon, 25 May 2009 21:12:49 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from perryh@pluto.rain.com) Received: (from uucp@localhost) by agora.rdrop.com (8.13.1/8.12.9/Submit) with UUCP id n4Q4CnYm037585; Mon, 25 May 2009 21:12:49 -0700 (PDT) Received: from fbsd61 by pluto.rain.com (4.1/SMI-4.1-pluto-M2060407) id AA08134; Mon, 25 May 09 21:07:09 PDT Date: Mon, 25 May 2009 21:06:27 -0700 From: perryh@pluto.rain.com To: glen.j.barber@gmail.com Message-Id: <4a1b6ac3.qTcpIqzA+bL3Efh1%perryh@pluto.rain.com> References: <01FB8F39BAD0BD49A6D0DA8F7897392956CE@Mercury.galaxy.lan.lcl> <4ad871310905251826r60b54a9cve5d9508aef422f7e@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4ad871310905251826r60b54a9cve5d9508aef422f7e@mail.gmail.com> User-Agent: nail 11.25 7/29/05 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: updating from 7.1 to 7.2 AMD64 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 26 May 2009 04:12:51 -0000 Glen Barber wrote: > On Mon, May 25, 2009 at 9:19 PM, Wojciech Puchar > wrote: > > > > even more important - why you are upgrading at all. did you find > > in 7.1 problems that you wanted to solve by moving to 7.2? > > Are you suggesting a user should only upgrade if they are having > a problem, or do you just like to contribute more nonsense to the > list by asking irrelevant questions to the OP's topic? I'd say it depends very much on the system's use. For a system which is in production (i.e. doing ongoing work), there is a great deal to be said for not fixing things that aren't broken. Even within a major release branch (7.0 => 7.1 => 7.2) it is not at all uncommon for a point release to introduce new problems along with its new capabilities. If that were not the case, there would be no need for the RE folks to maintain the security/errata branches. Suggesting that the OP consider the risks along with the benefits is hardly irrelevant to a question about upgrading.