From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Wed Dec 14 21:22:00 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DAC19C802CC for ; Wed, 14 Dec 2016 21:22:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from peo@intersonic.se) Received: from neonpark.inter-sonic.com (neonpark.inter-sonic.com [212.247.8.98]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "neonpark.inter-sonic.com", Issuer "Let's Encrypt Authority X3" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A2E4316AF for ; Wed, 14 Dec 2016 21:21:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from peo@intersonic.se) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at Intersonic AB DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=intersonic.se; s=INTERSONICSE; t=1481750510; bh=IzYrC1D39QLFThlXlo9sV95te65f1J+6lB5oMHKpFAU=; h=Subject:To:References:From:Date:In-Reply-To; b=XFePBRg8Cv6mfkRVQIyC/abXD2JMhGju9lHZx9O147e48Zowwr2GppT9QJp6EGvB2 4mIQLjg9V2zYQcwncLS74chLfqhNQfs522dXTmdZ5GOWmuUINlnHV7CgP3NvDrREVT mKtaGhmNT4FqxxOQFl/w94/aOthGMMiSb8IwnHw0= Subject: Re: Should I use 10.3 or 11.0 on a new server? To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <20161214210756.1528.qmail@ary.lan> From: Per olof Ljungmark Organization: Intersonic AB Message-ID: Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2016 22:21:48 +0100 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:45.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/45.5.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20161214210756.1528.qmail@ary.lan> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2016 21:22:01 -0000 On 2016-12-14 22:07, John Levine wrote: > I have a server running 9.3 which turns into a pumpkin at the end of > the month so I figure this is as good a time as any to migrate stuff > to a newer faster box. > > Should I use 10.3 or 11.0? My main interests is stability and easy > administration (as in, it would be nice if I can use only packages and > not have to build any updated or customized ports.) It's running > a fairly ordinary bunch of web and mail services. > > I don't need anything new and shiny -- I'd have stayed with 9.3 if it > were still supported. I would decide from expected EOL of the release if not interested in upgrading during the life of the box. Perhaps someone with better insight can answer if there are anymore planned for 10.x or if 10.3 would be the last. 11 still have some edges but we are in production with half a dozen no problems so far. https://www.freebsd.org/security/security.html#sup "Under the new support model, each major version's stable branch is explicitly supported for 5 years, while each individual point release is only supported for three months after the next point release." Cheers,