Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2005 11:04:28 +0400 From: Dmitry Mityugov <dmitry.mityugov@gmail.com> To: Nikolas Britton <nikolas.britton@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Stable server Message-ID: <b7052e1e05081700049483911@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <ef10de9a05081619383a0e8948@mail.gmail.com> References: <dc6701ba05081611464458cf4a@mail.gmail.com> <20050816122552.V18668@shared10.hosting.flyingcroc.net> <ef10de9a05081619383a0e8948@mail.gmail.com>
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On 8/17/05, Nikolas Britton <nikolas.britton@gmail.com> wrote: > On 8/16/05, dpk <dpk@dpk.net> wrote: > > On Tue, 16 Aug 2005, Carstea Catalin wrote: > > > > > what version of freebsd do u recomand for a stable server? > > > > 4.11 is solid, hasn't shown any problems here. 5.4 is the best of the 5= .x > > series but we (I mean at my company, not speaking as a FreeBSD rep) > > haven't put it through as much stress as we have 4.11 >=20 > 4.x compared to 5.x will always be more stable > 5.x compared to 6.x will always be more stable > 6.x compared to 7.x will al.... >=20 > Do you see a trend? 4.x works now but what about in another year, two > years, or three? Try running the last version of 3.x on today's > hardware and software, 4.x is already having problems with hardware > support. FreeBSD 6 already has a -STABLE and it's first release is > just around the corner, It would be unwise to deploy 4.x unless > specifically needed.... If you need to build the next Mars rover or a > persons life depends on the system working then use 4.x, If your > deploying a new web server or what not you want 5.x, possibly even 6.x > if you can wait another month or two. Another month or two?? Are you a pessimist, or do you just know something I don't know? :-) This page http://www.freebsd.org/releases/6.0R/schedule.html says TBD, but I didn't even imagine the delay could be *that* big. --=20 Dmitry Mityugov, St. Petersburg, Russia I ignore all messages with confidentiality statements "We live less by imagination than despite it" - Rockwell Kent, "N by E"
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