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Date:      12 Feb 98 14:19:28 +0100
From:      leifn@image.dk (Leif Neland)
To:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Upgrading freeBSD
Message-ID:  <0ce_9802132016@swimsuit.swimsuit.roskildebc.dk>
References:  <34E18062.7A8E@cableinet.co.uk> <19980212103135.39573@iii.co.uk>

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At 12 Feb 98 11:31:36 nik@iii.co.uk  wrote regarding Re: Upgrading freeBSD

 n> Keep in mind that you don't need to upgrade if the system is
 n> already keeping up with the load you're putting on it. I know of
 n> a couple of sites which run FreeBSD 2.0 for various things. The
 n> admins keep up with the latest security advisories and make sure
 n> that the holes are fixed, but apart from that they don't need to
 n> move to a new release of the OS.

But on the other hand, it might be easier just to keep -stable by cvsup'ing the
whole stuff regularly instead of having to apply patches for the
security-stuff, and have to select the stuff yourself.


Leif Neland
leifn@image.dk

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