On Mon, Jun 19, 2006 at 01:11:38PM +0300, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: > On 2006-06-17 11:29, Dan Bikle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"