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Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2007 11:00:37 +0100
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Subject: Re: 7.0 and 6.3
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Kris Kennaway wrote:
> David J Brooks wrote:
>> Bill Moran wrote:
>>> Note also that a ports freeze is starting soon for 7.0 and 6.3 release.
>>
>> What are the differences between 6.3 and 7.0? Which should be
>> considered the standard upgrade path from 6.2 release? Is there a
>> compelling reason to upgrade to one over the other?
> 
> 7.0 is the recommended choice; 6.3 is only for people who cannot update
> to the new branch yet.
> 
> http://people.freebsd.org/~kris/scaling/7.0%20Preview.pdf
> 

Great presentation! Is this linked to from anywhere on the FreeBSD site
or the wiki? It definitely deserves more widespread distribution.

Vince

> Kris
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