While I participate in this philosophy, a very good point was made on this list that if everyone waits for x.1 , then x.1 will just be riddled with all the bugs that nobody (or only a select few) found in x.0
That is the point that decided me to get 9-STABLE for 2 of our new firewall boxes. On 7/25/12 2:24 PM, Marwan Sultan wrote: > > Well, I also like your philosophy of waiting x.1 ! > its a very good point. > > Maybe 8.3-R would be the best. > > I will wait to hear more comments. > > >> Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2012 08:13:28 -0400 >> From: [email protected] >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: FreeBSD Stable production version. >> >> On Wed, 25 Jul 2012 13:19:53 +0200 >> Damien Fleuriot articulated: >> >>> I'd say it's a matter of personal preference. >>> >>> We're mostly running 8.3 in production here. >>> >>> I've recently installed 9-STABLE servers to try them out and fill PRs >>> if I get problems. >>> >>> I would encourage you to use 9-STABLE so that you may do the same and >>> ensure the stability of future releases. >> >> I would agree with that philosophy up to a point. It is definitely a >> matter of personal preference; however, for myself, I NEVER install >> version X.0 of any software if said software is to be used in a mission >> critical situation. I always wait until X.1 is released. If possible in >> your case, would it be feasible to wait until 9.1 is released? You >> can gather some info on it here: >> <http://www.freebsd.org/releases/9.1R/schedule.html>. As usual, any >> correlation between the expected release date and the actual date is >> purely coincidental. Just my 2¢ on the matter. >> >> -- >> Jerry ♔ >> >> Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. >> Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. >> __________________________________________________________________ >> If you steal from one author it's plagiarism; if you steal from >> many it's research. >> >> Wilson Mizner > > > > > _______________________________________________ > [email protected] mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]" > _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"
