Re: [fbsd] HEADS UP: FreeBSD 5.3, 5.4, 6.0 EoLs coming soon


On Oct 11, 2006, at 6:42 PM, Dan Lukes wrote:

5.x has significant performance hit, so we can't count it as competitive replacement for 4.x. 6.1 is second release in 6.x tree. 6.0 has stability problem. The 6.1 is sufficiently stable on average use, but it still has problems in edge situations. The 6.2 become first RELEASE in 6.x tree acceptable for serious production use. 6.3 will be candidate for first trustable RELEASE if there will not be significant

I'll agree with your assessment of 5.x. The characterization of 6.0 and 6.1 is, IMO, inaccurate. We have one database server running 6.0 in production nonstop for nearly a year now. We have many systems running 6.1 with great performance and stability.

There may be certain situations which 6.0 (indeed, any version) may fail in, but that's why you need to test *your* sytem with *your* software under *your* load to certify it as suitable for production.

I'm already evaluating 6.2 for our production and plan to move to it shortly after release barring any failures we encounter. I'm trusting that the bge/em driver issues will be resolved prior to release, as those are just too important.

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