On Sat, Feb 11, 2017 at 09:51:41AM +0100, Michelle Sullivan wrote: > Tell me.... What is the reason for me upgrading those few production > servers from 9.3 to 10/11?... bearing in mind the following:
There isn't any ... oh, except for no new security updates. The flip side is the more important question. Why should we ask developers to support a version of the OS that doesn't have: >From https://www.freebsd.org/releases/10.0R/relnotes.html: * bhyve, drm2, rasbpi, nvme, several overhauled drivers and carp. >From https://www.freebsd.org/releases/11.0R/relnotes.html: * mpr, mrsas, pms, autofs, other overhauled drivers. I recommend folks reading this thread should examine those links. As for things removed from base, my understanding is: * we have limited people to fix/regression test all the security problems in base/ software. A few notorious candidates have been factored out into ports. * there is an overall drive to move to an entirely GPL-free base system. Perhaps this is not important to you but there are others to whome this is important. I have some other thoughts on this but I am being called away to deal with some other crisis ATM. mcl _______________________________________________ freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ports-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
