How long do you go without upgrading FreeBSD to a newer release?

[Marc G. Fournier]

On Thu, 20 May 2010, Mehmet Erol Sanliturk wrote:

> (i) install onto a new computer , test it , and if it is working very well
> transfer data onto
>     new system , and keep old system for a new release/update cycle .
>     This step is most suitable for production systems exposed to outer
> world .
> (ii) attach a new hard disk to the computer , copy all of the present files
> to the new
> system ,
>    update it , test it , if it is successful , use previous hard disk for a
> new release/update
>    cycle ,
> (iii) back-up all of the data , and try update . Testing suitability may
> take a long time .
>
> In steps (ii) and (iii) , do not load new data during tests , because at the
> end , all of them may be destroyed .
> ( No one of the above steps are suitable for a proprietary , activation
> based operating system because they are not allowing so many computer and/or
> hard disk changes . )
>
> Therefore , the problem is a "system analysis and design" process .


In my case, I have nagios setup to advise me when its been 60 days since 
last upgrade and perform an upgrade religiously when the alarm is sounded 
... have had this policy for *years* now without regret ...

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