Even and Odd numbered OpenBSD versions
Hello, just a simple question. We have here at work a old hand at openbsd and he says he only uses openbsd versions that are even numbered. (3.8, 4.0, 4.2, 4.4 etc...) I am not sure why, did not have a chance to ask him. I believe that you should use the latest version available, but what does everything else think? thanks, Mark
Re: Even and Odd numbered OpenBSD versions
On 10:02, Tue 19 May 09, Mark Romer wrote: Hello, just a simple question. We have here at work a old hand at openbsd and he says he only uses openbsd versions that are even numbered. (3.8, 4.0, 4.2, 4.4 etc...) I am not sure why, did not have a chance to ask him. I believe that you should use the latest version available, but what does everything else think? Maybe he's lazy and does not want to upgrade every 6 months but only every 12 months. Upgrade with every release. It takes very little time and is worth the effort. -- Michiel van Baak mich...@vanbaak.eu http://michiel.vanbaak.eu GnuPG key: http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=getsearch=0x71C946BD Why is it drug addicts and computer aficionados are both called users?
Re: Even and Odd numbered OpenBSD versions
On Tue, 19 May 2009, Mark Romer wrote: but what does everything else think? Your oldtimer has confused OpenBSD with the Linux kernel... -- Monty Brandenberg
Re: Even and Odd numbered OpenBSD versions
From: Mark Romer romes...@gmail.com Hello, just a simple question. We have here at work a old hand at openbsd and he says he only uses openbsd versions that are even numbered. (3.8, 4.0, 4.2, 4.4 etc...) I am not sure why, did not have a chance to ask him. I believe that you should use the latest version available, but what does everything else think? Perhaps he's watching the shit (odd numbered) Star Trek films in between upgrades? There's certainly no automatic suckage of odd numbered OpenBSD releases. (also, various even numbered Star Trek films sucked too). PK
Re: Even and Odd numbered OpenBSD versions
On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 10:02:05AM -0400, Mark Romer wrote: Hello, just a simple question. We have here at work a old hand at openbsd and he says he only uses openbsd versions that are even numbered. (3.8, 4.0, 4.2, 4.4 etc...) I am not sure why, did not have a chance to ask him. I believe that you should use the latest version available, but what does everything else think? Perhaps he was thinking of the venerable Linux kernel numering scheme. OpenBSD isn't like that. Ideally you should upgrade every six months to the newest release. The only reason I can think to skip every other release is that releases continue to be supported for a year, so you *can* upgrade only once each year and still get errata patches. However, upgrading is so simple that doing so twice each year is not a burden. -- Darrin Chandler| Phoenix BSD User Group | MetaBUG dwchand...@stilyagin.com | http://phxbug.org/ | http://metabug.org/ http://www.stilyagin.com/ | Daemons in the Desert | Global BUG Federation
Re: Even and Odd numbered OpenBSD versions
Weirdest thing I have ever heard. Unless you want to stick to annual update schedules and picked one or the other. I do remember the microsoft and novell service packs even an odd numbering but openbsd has better quality standards than it has to ship NOW. On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 10:02:05AM -0400, Mark Romer wrote: Hello, just a simple question. We have here at work a old hand at openbsd and he says he only uses openbsd versions that are even numbered. (3.8, 4.0, 4.2, 4.4 etc...) I am not sure why, did not have a chance to ask him. I believe that you should use the latest version available, but what does everything else think? thanks, Mark
Re: Even and Odd numbered OpenBSD versions
On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 10:02:05AM -0400, Mark Romer wrote: | Hello, just a simple question. We have here at work a old hand at openbsd | and he says he only uses openbsd versions that are even numbered. (3.8, 4.0, | 4.2, 4.4 etc...) I am not sure why, did not have a chance to ask him. | I believe that you should use the latest version available, but what does | everything else think? NO! This is very WRONG! You should only run the prime versions (10 x version must be prime). Obviously, apart from OpenBSD 0.2, only odd-numbered versions are prime, so DO NOT FOLLOW YOUR COWORKERS LEAD !!! Run 4.3 now and wait for 4.7 ! You know it makes sense ! The developers would only release prime numbered versions to the general public, why have it any other way !? Paul 'WEiRD' de Weerd -- [++-]+++.+++[---].+++[+ +++-].++[-]+.--.[-] http://www.weirdnet.nl/
Re: Even and Odd numbered OpenBSD versions
Mark Romer, 05/19/09 17:02: Hello, just a simple question. We have here at work a old hand at openbsd and he says he only uses openbsd versions that are even numbered. (3.8, 4.0, 4.2, 4.4 etc...) I am not sure why, did not have a chance to ask him. I believe that you should use the latest version available, but what does everything else think? thanks, Mark Maybe he only dislikes odd numbers ;) The fact that, he looks like lazy and upgrades once a year though this is not recomended.
Re: Even and Odd numbered OpenBSD versions
Or use Pi. Since the Borwein-Beiley-Plouffe equation we can compute any Pi decimal anywhere anyplace in Pi without calculating the previous decimals, and it is a known scientific fact that every OpenBSD that came and will come until the universe becomes a silent, cold and dark place, is contained inside Pi. Regards.
Re: Even and Odd numbered OpenBSD versions
On Tue, 19 May 2009, Paul de Weerd wrote: On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 10:02:05AM -0400, Mark Romer wrote: | Hello, just a simple question. We have here at work a old hand at openbsd | and he says he only uses openbsd versions that are even numbered. (3.8, 4.0, | 4.2, 4.4 etc...) I am not sure why, did not have a chance to ask him. | I believe that you should use the latest version available, but what does | everything else think? NO! This is very WRONG! You should only run the prime versions (10 x version must be prime). Obviously, apart from OpenBSD 0.2, only odd-numbered versions are prime, so DO NOT FOLLOW YOUR COWORKERS LEAD !!! Run 4.3 now and wait for 4.7 ! You know it makes sense ! The developers would only release prime numbered versions to the general public, why have it any other way !? In reality, it is much simpler. Only the even-numbered versions are really suitable as Christmas gifts. Surprised? The odd-numbered versions are all obsolete by Christmas. Regards, David
Re: Even and Odd numbered OpenBSD versions
Mark Romer romes...@gmail.com writes: Hello, just a simple question. We have here at work a old hand at openbsd and he says he only uses openbsd versions that are even numbered. (3.8, 4.0, 4.2, 4.4 etc...) I am not sure why, did not have a chance to ask him. I believe that you should use the latest version available, but what does everything else think? He's odd. //art
Re: Even and Odd numbered OpenBSD versions
On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 10:02:05AM -0400, Mark Romer wrote: Hello, just a simple question. We have here at work a old hand at openbsd and he says he only uses openbsd versions that are even numbered. (3.8, 4.0, 4.2, 4.4 etc...) I am not sure why, did not have a chance to ask him. I believe that you should use the latest version available, but what does everything else think? thanks, Mark I think it's the reverse. Only install the odd numbered ones. I had to run the single processor kernel in 4.4 because it didn't like booting off the second CPU. I should have skipped that release. -- Hugo Villeneuve h...@eintr.net
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Hugo Villeneuve wrote: I think it's the reverse. Only install the odd numbered ones. I had to run the single processor kernel in 4.4 because it didn't like booting off the second CPU. I should have skipped that release. Ah, extrapolation from a sample of one. Very scientific.
Re: Even and Odd numbered OpenBSD versions
Artur Grabowski wrote: Mark Romer romes...@gmail.com writes: Hello, just a simple question. We have here at work a old hand at openbsd and he says he only uses openbsd versions that are even numbered. [...] but what does everything else think? He's odd. Sounds like a candidate for the 2007 years Slackathon! http://people.su.se/~jj/junk/slackathon.png
Re: Even and Odd numbered OpenBSD versions
On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 04:15:51PM +0200, Paul de Weerd wrote: On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 10:02:05AM -0400, Mark Romer wrote: | Hello, just a simple question. We have here at work a old hand at openbsd | and he says he only uses openbsd versions that are even numbered. (3.8, 4.0, | 4.2, 4.4 etc...) I am not sure why, did not have a chance to ask him. | I believe that you should use the latest version available, but what does | everything else think? NO! This is very WRONG! You should only run the prime versions (10 x version must be prime). Obviously, apart from OpenBSD 0.2, only odd-numbered versions are prime, so DO NOT FOLLOW YOUR COWORKERS LEAD !!! Prime is for wimps. Here we only use perfect numbered versions. So we are still running on 2.8 and waiting for 49.6! Ken Run 4.3 now and wait for 4.7 ! You know it makes sense ! The developers would only release prime numbered versions to the general public, why have it any other way !? Paul 'WEiRD' de Weerd -- [++-]+++.+++[---].+++[+ +++-].++[-]+.--.[-] http://www.weirdnet.nl/
