On Sun, Oct 08, 2006 at 05:39:58PM -0700, prad wrote: > why are older versions of openbsd (or linux or whatever os) kept around? > > is it because some of the older versions may work better with older > machines? for instance, i recall that our 486 and p120 did really well > with slackware 8. we're going to get some 486s going again - should i > use an older version of openbsd? > > also, do some people like to stick with what is tried and true? our > home servers (p800) are running openbsd 3.9 beautifully. i want to try > openbsd 4.0 on my personal machine and wonder whether i should change > to 4 on the servers just to stay current.
In some situations it may be difficult to upgrade to the latest release. For that, it's good to have critical patches available for a period of time. If you have any good way of upgrading, then you should do it. If you are unsure of the upgrade and have a spare computer available then try it there first. If you have problems, your best chance of getting help is when you run the current version. That's what the developers have been working on, and that's what everyone else is using. -- Darrin Chandler | Phoenix BSD Users Group [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://bsd.phoenix.az.us/ http://www.stilyagin.com/ |
