From owner-freebsd-security Wed Feb 16 8:31:22 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Received: from builder.freebsd.org (builder.FreeBSD.ORG [204.216.27.24]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B428E37B50F for ; Wed, 16 Feb 2000 08:31:19 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from brett@lariat.org) Received: from lariat.lariat.org (lariat.lariat.org [206.100.185.2]) by builder.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B536D132E5 for ; Wed, 16 Feb 2000 08:30:43 -0800 (PST) Received: from mustang (IDENT:ppp0.lariat.org@lariat.lariat.org [206.100.185.2]) by lariat.lariat.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id JAA09479; Wed, 16 Feb 2000 09:31:08 -0700 (MST) Message-Id: <4.2.2.20000216092918.044d9300@localhost> X-Sender: brett@localhost X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.2.2 Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 09:31:04 -0700 To: Richard Wackerbarth , Warner Losh From: Brett Glass Subject: Re: Why should I upgrade from 2.2.8 to 3.4 Cc: freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <00021604155000.08535@nomad.dataplex.net> References: <200002160926.CAA09916@harmony.village.org> <200002160926.CAA09916@harmony.village.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org At 02:41 AM 2/16/2000 , Richard Wackerbarth wrote: >Perhaps there needs to be a more emphatic public posting to the effect that >2.2.x is "moldy" and supported only to the extent that the few remaining users >of this system contribute patches. Unless they have COMPELLING reasons to remain >with 2.2.x, all users SHOULD UPGRADE to 3.4. Ah, but which 3.4? Shortly after 3.4-RELEASE shipped, I recall a few security- and stability-related patches. Unfortunately, picking a daily snapshot can be a bad idea. Is there a "known good" snapshot? (I assume that it'll be at least another month before 3.5.) --Brett To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message