Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2004 12:14:35 -0600 From: Dan Nelson <dnelson@allantgroup.com> To: John Fox <readbsd@mind.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Viability of 5.X line for production use Message-ID: <20040105181435.GB77219@dan.emsphone.com> In-Reply-To: <20040105174326.GD225@mind.net> References: <20040105174326.GD225@mind.net>
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In the last episode (Jan 05), John Fox said: > We're planning some new mail servers, and until now I've been > assuming that they would run under FreeBSD 4.X. But it occurred to > me this morning that the 4.X line is going to go away relatively > soon, and that perhaps I'd be better off going with 5.X for these new > boxen, as it would probably simplify the upgrade (keeping up with > releases and bug fixes) process. > > So I'm wondering -- do the experts here judge 5.X as ready for use in > a production environment, or would that be asking for trouble? I think as long as you're not using the features that are causing other people problems (SATA, some acpi stuff, etc), 5.x is just fine. -- Dan Nelson dnelson@allantgroup.com
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