Date: Fri, 21 May 2010 08:17:15 -0700 (PDT) From: Hans Ivers <hansivers@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How long do you go without upgrading FreeBSD to a newer release? Message-ID: <e1bb369d-3143-4f88-8cef-f781f5cf3620@a20g2000vbc.googlegroups.com> In-Reply-To: <AANLkTilslPj7GtFD_tbliyvm7_18qeJOYqDMEca_70fa@mail.gmail.com> References: <AANLkTilslPj7GtFD_tbliyvm7_18qeJOYqDMEca_70fa@mail.gmail.com>
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On May 16, 11:42=A0am, Dan Naumov <dan.nau...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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? I tend to stick with extended releases of FreeBSD, which are supported for two years instead of one. It reduces the need for minor version upgrades. When time comes, I jump to the next extended release (i.e, from 7.1 to 7.3, which has also extended support). http://security.freebsd.org/#sup Good luck!
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