Update ports on 6.3 or update OS to 7.1(RC2) and update ports?

Garrett Cooper yanefbsd at gmail.com
Fri Jan 2 22:54:40 UTC 2009


On Jan 2, 2009, at 12:32, "Thomas T. Veldhouse" <veldy71 at gmail.com>  
wrote:

> I have a machine where several of my installed applications are  
> getting way behind.  It is not a mission critical server, but I need  
> it to be stable (I have all fairly old well supported hardware,  
> nothing special).
>
> Since updating and rebuilding all the ports is pretty much mandatory  
> for the upgrade to 7.x and I plan to take that path soon, would most  
> people consider 7.1RC2 stable enough for a move now?  The machine is  
> a home server that provides several services on my network, but is  
> rarely under any load.
>
> I know this is rather vague question, so I will be happy with any  
> vague answers; just positive or negative experiences with well  
> supported hardware (old Dell 8250 P4 3.0GHz 1.5GB 1066 RAMBUS).
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Tom Veldhouse

Tom,
     Based on my experimentation, I'd say 7.1 rc2 is stable enough for  
your hardware.
     More bleeding edge hardware appears to be a problem with the rc  
version.
Cheers,
-Garrett


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