From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat May 22 07:03:39 2010 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 039911065670 for ; Sat, 22 May 2010 07:03:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from demelier.david@gmail.com) Received: from mail-bw0-f54.google.com (mail-bw0-f54.google.com [209.85.214.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 833AF8FC20 for ; Sat, 22 May 2010 07:03:38 +0000 (UTC) Received: by bwz2 with SMTP id 2so315144bwz.13 for ; Sat, 22 May 2010 00:03:37 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:received:in-reply-to :references:date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=0OqEjG1rw0xtRBO+GSV8oawbzRX2uqjr44DS3Zdkd2I=; b=F9TYwVdyIbkRPw4ODDZ7FvXTGL9su/VHH3O9l9/hKCMhUr039LINGVWO+JA4Q6UIRZ vgrp+VjfgNhuRsyBJh91yuB++imwuxTC3mHaHZPUmXT++ukrYftzp/3LQFWEqbfnJztg 9n2co24ULGeq9Yc40axlFPrsJyCnN7W8DupiU= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; b=AvQhJtGahJWioT9fg4+ILsOzT/kRwHkIgWynemP4dhcpJz1lHUkxfbfu4ZFIf/MhQY pRIbTP5WR0cZpq47Mn+MC6dMamcKGR0LMqk5x9auhZh59gl5ZwbUnZLn+7qJK+DVYskV Jn5wpkKiEFHFCC3Zn+7cuSsGPyX+eERnwTpc0= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.204.160.154 with SMTP id n26mr494848bkx.16.1274511817236; Sat, 22 May 2010 00:03:37 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.204.123.202 with HTTP; Sat, 22 May 2010 00:03:37 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Sat, 22 May 2010 09:03:37 +0200 Message-ID: From: David DEMELIER To: Hans Ivers Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How long do you go without upgrading FreeBSD to a newer release? 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: Sat, 22 May 2010 07:03:39 -0000 2010/5/21 Hans Ivers : > On May 16, 11:42 am, Dan Naumov 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! I have a desktop computer (Athlon 2400+) running 8.0-RELEASE, I will update it to 8.1-RELEASE and I update the portstree and ports every weeks. I also have a laptop that have some issues to fix, because 8.0-R do not have iwn(4) for my intel 1000 link I use 8.0-STABLE on it and I update world/kernel every two weeks but when 8.1-RELEASE will be released I won't use -STABLE anymore, I guess. Cheers. -- Demelier David