Date: Sat, 22 May 2010 09:03:37 +0200 From: David DEMELIER <demelier.david@gmail.com> To: Hans Ivers <hansivers@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How long do you go without upgrading FreeBSD to a newer release? Message-ID: <AANLkTil3H31cVVKzrM1Xvztqg-Z41O9B0B8kvMdRFQHT@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <e1bb369d-3143-4f88-8cef-f781f5cf3620@a20g2000vbc.googlegroups.com> References: <AANLkTilslPj7GtFD_tbliyvm7_18qeJOYqDMEca_70fa@mail.gmail.com> <e1bb369d-3143-4f88-8cef-f781f5cf3620@a20g2000vbc.googlegroups.com>
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2010/5/21 Hans Ivers <hansivers@gmail.com>: > On May 16, 11:42 am, 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! 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
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