Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2006 12:33:51 +0200 From: Erik Trulsson <ertr1013@student.uu.se> To: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> Cc: Dan Bikle <dan.bikle@gmail.com>, Anish Mistry <amistry@am-productions.biz>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: I need a freebsd 5.3 desktop server; recommendations? Message-ID: <20060619103351.GA18026@owl.midgard.homeip.net> In-Reply-To: <20060619101138.GA4170@gothmog.pc> References: <74252ed10606171050w6fdd78c8nd7fceedf4c5c2e6b@mail.gmail.com> <200606171416.52309.amistry@am-productions.biz> <74252ed10606171129k2f5e57e6me799aae645b4a9c3@mail.gmail.com> <20060619101138.GA4170@gothmog.pc>
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On Mon, Jun 19, 2006 at 01:11:38PM +0300, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: > On 2006-06-17 11:29, Dan Bikle <dan.bikle@gmail.com> wrote: > > Anish, > > > > Thanks this is good info. > > > > I'll be using this server for development of a Ruby on Rails. > > > > Currently I do development on a Mac. > > > > My production server is running freeBSD 5.3 > > You shouldn't be running a production server with 5.3 at all. > > The 5.3 release was clearly marked as a "developer preview" release No, it was not. 5.3 was a perfectly ordinary release. It was in fact the first 5.x release that was *not* marked as a "developer preview". > , so > if you are still running systems with that version, then you should > *first* upgrade your production systems to a more stable FreeBSD > version. > > Many important bugs have been fixed on the 5.X branch since the 5.3 > version was built, so you should target at the _very_ least the more > stable, debugged & featureful 5.4 or 5.5 releases, or even RELENG_5. Upgrading to 5.5 (or even 6.1) is probably a good idea for two reasons. The first is that, just as you say, several bugs have been fixed since 5.3 . The other reason is that both 5.3 and 5.4 will only be supported for a couple months more, while 5.5 will be supported for nearly two more years. (See http://www.freebsd.org/security/ for exact dates.) > > > I want a development environment which is closer to production > > than my Mac is. > > Which is a very good point. > > This is why you should definitely start by fixing the version of the > production system :) > -- <Insert your favourite quote here.> Erik Trulsson ertr1013@student.uu.se
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