FBSD 4 series

[Jacques S.]

Anish Mistry wrote:
> On Thursday 29 June 2006 08:09, Bill Moran wrote:
>> In response to Colin Percival <cperciva at freebsd.org>:
>>> Bill Moran wrote:
>>>> Anish Mistry <mistry.7 at osu.edu> wrote:
>>>>> http://security.freebsd.org/
>>>>>
>>>>> You should be transitioning to 6.x now/soon.
>>>> ???
>>>>
>>>> 4.11 will be supported for another 18 months.
>>> Last time I looked at my calendar, January 31st, 2007 was only 7
>>> months away.
>> Oops ... what happened to 2005?
>>
>> Apparently, I shouldn't do calendar math so early in the morning.
>>
>> However, my point still stands.  I've got 2 pieces of hardware
>> still running 4.11, and both are scheduled for replacement before
>> the end of this year.  If anyone has a good reason for me to take
>> the time to upgrade these before they're replaced, I'd enjoy being
>> corrected, as my current plan is to simply replace them with 6.1
>> machines when the new hardware arrives.
> Sounds like what most of us with 4.11 systems are planning on doing.
> 

Just a 'me too' here.
Seems to me a lot of FreeBSD users seem to be knee-jerk early adopters, 
and too quick to advise others to go and do likewise.
I appreciate seeing the more reasoned approach recommended in response 
to this op.

-- 
Jacques S.