Re: best FBSD version for commercial use.

2009-10-12 Thread Nerius Landys
Selected releases (normally every second release plus the last release from each -STABLE branch) will be supported by the Security Officer for a minimum of 24 months after the release, and for sufficient additional time (if needed) to ensure that there is a newer Extended release for at least

Re: best FBSD version for commercial use.

2009-10-12 Thread krad
2009/10/12 Nerius Landys nlan...@gmail.com Selected releases (normally every second release plus the last release from each -STABLE branch) will be supported by the Security Officer for a minimum of 24 months after the release, and for sufficient additional time (if needed) to ensure

Re: best FBSD version for commercial use.

2009-10-11 Thread krad
2009/10/10 Jerry ges...@yahoo.com On Sat, 10 Oct 2009 06:06:39 -0400 jhell jh...@dataix.net wrote: [snip] I will agree with that. And raise that its not a good idea to be part of the early adopter club for commercial use. Somebody has got to go first. As so aptly stated by Robert

Re: best FBSD version for commercial use.

2009-10-11 Thread Daniel Gerzo
Nerius Landys wrote: My 2 cents, as far as I know 7.1 will be maintained longer than 7.2 according to the freebsd.org website. That is, security fixes will be rolled out for 7.1 a while after 7.2 reaches End Of Life. That made me decide to go with 7.1 when I had to make the switch from 7.0 a

Re: best FBSD version for commercial use.

2009-10-10 Thread krad
2009/10/10 牛粥 b...@izb.knu.ac.kr Marwan Sultan wrote: Im planing to move out of my FreeBSD 4.8-R! which served me like a charm for many years. But not sure if I should go for 6.3 or 7.2 This server will be a DNS server, apache, shell accounts..php, mysql.. IMHO, i think that you

Re: best FBSD version for commercial use.

2009-10-10 Thread jhell
On Sat, 10 Oct 2009 04:46, kraduk@ wrote: 2009/10/10 ?? b...@izb.knu.ac.kr Marwan Sultan wrote: Im planing to move out of my FreeBSD 4.8-R! which served me like a charm for many years. But not sure if I should go for 6.3 or 7.2 This server will be a DNS server, apache, shell

Re: best FBSD version for commercial use.

2009-10-10 Thread Jerry
On Sat, 10 Oct 2009 06:06:39 -0400 jhell jh...@dataix.net wrote: [snip] I will agree with that. And raise that its not a good idea to be part of the early adopter club for commercial use. Somebody has got to go first. As so aptly stated by Robert Crandell, chairman of American Airlines in the

RE: best FBSD version for commercial use.

2009-10-10 Thread Marwan Sultan
...@izb.knu.ac.kr; freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; dead_l...@hotmail.com Subject: Re: best FBSD version for commercial use. On Sat, 10 Oct 2009 04:46, kraduk@ wrote: 2009/10/10 ?? b...@izb.knu.ac.kr Marwan Sultan wrote: Im planing to move out of my FreeBSD 4.8-R! which served me like a charm

Re: best FBSD version for commercial use.

2009-10-10 Thread Jerry McAllister
On Fri, Oct 09, 2009 at 07:44:04PM -0700, Nerius Landys wrote: My 2 cents, as far as I know 7.1 will be maintained longer than 7.2 according to the freebsd.org website. That is, security fixes will be rolled out for 7.1 a while after 7.2 reaches End Of Life. That made me decide to go with

Re: best FBSD version for commercial use.

2009-10-10 Thread Nerius Landys
My 2 cents, as far as I know 7.1 will be maintained longer than 7.2 according to the freebsd.org website.  That is, security fixes will be rolled out for 7.1 a while after 7.2 reaches End Of Life.  That made me decide to go with 7.1 when I had to make the switch from 7.0 a few months ago.  

Re: best FBSD version for commercial use.

2009-10-10 Thread Giorgos Keramidas
On Fri, 9 Oct 2009 21:40:32 +0200, Polytropon free...@edvax.de wrote: But allow me a follow-up question: Is 8.0-RC1 already recommendable for a home desktop, or would 7.2 be the version of choice? I'm asking this because of the many improvements especially the USB subsystem has gotten in 8

Re: best FBSD version for commercial use.

2009-10-10 Thread Giorgos Keramidas
On Fri, 9 Oct 2009 23:08:42 +0200, Ross Cameron abal...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 8:28 PM, Marwan Sultan dead_l...@hotmail.com wrote: Hello Gurus, Im planing to move out of my FreeBSD 4.8-R! which served me like a charm for many years. But not sure if I should go for 6.3 or 7.2

RE: best FBSD version for commercial use.

2009-10-10 Thread Marwan Sultan
From: keram...@ceid.upatras.gr To: ross.came...@linuxpro.co.za CC: dead_l...@hotmail.com; freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: best FBSD version for commercial use. Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2009 23:41:26 +0300 On Fri, 9 Oct 2009 23:08:42 +0200, Ross Cameron abal...@gmail.com wrote

best FBSD version for commercial use.

2009-10-09 Thread Marwan Sultan
Hello Gurus, Im planing to move out of my FreeBSD 4.8-R! which served me like a charm for many years. But not sure if I should go for 6.3 or 7.2 This server will be a DNS server, apache, shell accounts..php, mysql.. anything i should be aware of? Advices? Thank

Re: best FBSD version for commercial use.

2009-10-09 Thread Adam Vande More
On Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 1:28 PM, Marwan Sultan dead_l...@hotmail.com wrote: Hello Gurus, Im planing to move out of my FreeBSD 4.8-R! which served me like a charm for many years. But not sure if I should go for 6.3 or 7.2 This server will be a DNS server, apache, shell

Re: best FBSD version for commercial use.

2009-10-09 Thread Mikel King
On Oct 9, 2009, at 2:28 PM, Marwan Sultan wrote: Hello Gurus, Im planing to move out of my FreeBSD 4.8-R! which served me like a charm for many years. But not sure if I should go for 6.3 or 7.2 This server will be a DNS server, apache, shell accounts..php, mysql..

Re: best FBSD version for commercial use.

2009-10-09 Thread Polytropon
On Fri, 9 Oct 2009 15:04:42 -0400, Mikel King mikel.k...@olivent.com wrote: Recommend sticking with 7.x branch until 8.0 has been through one or two solid releases. Then you should be able to perform a csup and rebuild the world to the current version of 8.x at the time. So you would not

Re: best FBSD version for commercial use.

2009-10-09 Thread jhell
On Fri, 9 Oct 2009 18:28 -, dead_line@ wrote: Hello Gurus, Im planing to move out of my FreeBSD 4.8-R! which served me like a charm for many years. But not sure if I should go for 6.3 or 7.2 This server will be a DNS server, apache, shell accounts..php, mysql.. anything i

Re: best FBSD version for commercial use.

2009-10-09 Thread Ross Cameron
On Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 8:28 PM, Marwan Sultan dead_l...@hotmail.com wrote: Hello Gurus, Im planing to move out of my FreeBSD 4.8-R! which served me like a charm for many years. But not sure if I should go for 6.3 or 7.2 This server will be a DNS server, apache, shell

Re: best FBSD version for commercial use.

2009-10-09 Thread Warren Block
On Fri, 9 Oct 2009, Polytropon wrote: On Fri, 9 Oct 2009 15:04:42 -0400, Mikel King mikel.k...@olivent.com wrote: Recommend sticking with 7.x branch until 8.0 has been through one or two solid releases. Then you should be able to perform a csup and rebuild the world to the current version of

Re: best FBSD version for commercial use.

2009-10-09 Thread ill...@gmail.com
2009/10/9 Polytropon free...@edvax.de: On Fri, 9 Oct 2009 15:04:42 -0400, Mikel King mikel.k...@olivent.com wrote: Recommend sticking with 7.x branch until 8.0 has been through one or two solid releases. Then  you should be able to perform a csup and rebuild the world to the current version of

Re: best FBSD version for commercial use.

2009-10-09 Thread Mikel King
On Oct 9, 2009, at 3:40 PM, Polytropon wrote: On Fri, 9 Oct 2009 15:04:42 -0400, Mikel King mikel.k...@olivent.com wrote: Recommend sticking with 7.x branch until 8.0 has been through one or two solid releases. Then you should be able to perform a csup and rebuild the world to the current

Re: best FBSD version for commercial use.

2009-10-09 Thread krad
2009/10/9 Mikel King mikel.k...@olivent.com On Oct 9, 2009, at 3:40 PM, Polytropon wrote: On Fri, 9 Oct 2009 15:04:42 -0400, Mikel King mikel.k...@olivent.com wrote: Recommend sticking with 7.x branch until 8.0 has been through one or two solid releases. Then you should be able to

Re: best FBSD version for commercial use.

2009-10-09 Thread 牛粥
Marwan Sultan wrote: Im planing to move out of my FreeBSD 4.8-R! which served me like a charm for many years. But not sure if I should go for 6.3 or 7.2 This server will be a DNS server, apache, shell accounts..php, mysql.. IMHO, i think that you should wait until 8.0-R out.

Re: best FBSD version for commercial use.

2009-10-09 Thread Nerius Landys
My 2 cents, as far as I know 7.1 will be maintained longer than 7.2 according to the freebsd.org website. That is, security fixes will be rolled out for 7.1 a while after 7.2 reaches End Of Life. That made me decide to go with 7.1 when I had to make the switch from 7.0 a few months ago. 8.0 was