Date: Sat, 01 Jul 2006 16:15:10 +0200 From: "Jacques S." <offbyone@xs4all.nl> To: Anish Mistry <mistry.7@osu.edu> Cc: Bill Moran <wmoran@collaborativefusion.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Colin Percival <cperciva@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: FBSD 4 series Message-ID: <44A6836E.8060606@xs4all.nl> In-Reply-To: <200606291133.05751.mistry.7@osu.edu> References: <20060629012612.77051.qmail@web52404.mail.yahoo.com> <44A3B4A3.2010708@freebsd.org> <20060629080943.68620170.wmoran@collaborativefusion.com> <200606291133.05751.mistry.7@osu.edu>
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Anish Mistry wrote: > On Thursday 29 June 2006 08:09, Bill Moran wrote: >> In response to Colin Percival <cperciva@freebsd.org>: >>> Bill Moran wrote: >>>> Anish Mistry <mistry.7@osu.edu> wrote: >>>>> http://security.freebsd.org/ >>>>> >>>>> You should be transitioning to 6.x now/soon. >>>> ??? >>>> >>>> 4.11 will be supported for another 18 months. >>> Last time I looked at my calendar, January 31st, 2007 was only 7 >>> months away. >> Oops ... what happened to 2005? >> >> Apparently, I shouldn't do calendar math so early in the morning. >> >> However, my point still stands. I've got 2 pieces of hardware >> still running 4.11, and both are scheduled for replacement before >> the end of this year. If anyone has a good reason for me to take >> the time to upgrade these before they're replaced, I'd enjoy being >> corrected, as my current plan is to simply replace them with 6.1 >> machines when the new hardware arrives. > Sounds like what most of us with 4.11 systems are planning on doing. > Just a 'me too' here. Seems to me a lot of FreeBSD users seem to be knee-jerk early adopters, and too quick to advise others to go and do likewise. I appreciate seeing the more reasoned approach recommended in response to this op. -- Jacques S.
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