FreeBSD data size tuning

[Eric Anderson]

TEC Meganet wrote:

>now you're touching the art of speaking and understanding  ... certainly also a
>performance so it fits well here :)
>
>if the maker of the software  says stay with the old one until the newer one is
>ready it is for me a very clear statement, special in context with talking about
>PAE
>
>or the writer should learn to write better ...
>
This is one of those "subject to interpretation" things.  I read the 
"our most conservative users" to mean "our users who never apply patches 
or upgrade until they are 6 months old".  Plus, if you notice, they are 
saying "use 5.1, 5.2, 4.9, or if you are paranoid, stick with 4.8" - and 
I understand, it's basically the same thing I tell a user who is prone 
to complain about every change or bump when moving to something newer.  
For those users, I say "if you don't like the pain of change, don't change".

I can't argue with your interpretation - it's perfectly valid.  So - use 
4.8.

Eric



>Eric Anderson (anderson at centtech.com) wrote*:
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>>TEC Meganet wrote:
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>>>it's here
>>>http://www.freebsd.org/releases/4.9R/announce.html
>>>
>>>      
>>>
>>It says:
>>"We encourage all our users to evaluate FreeBSD 5.1 and the upcoming
>>5.2. Because PAE support has only been a feature in 4.X for a few
>>months, it has not received wide-spread testing, and our most
>>conservative users may wish to stay with FreeBSD 4.8 until they choose
>>to migrate to 5.X."
>>
>>Which is a lot different than:
>>
>>"The BSd people suggest not using 4.9in production servers."
>>
>>    
>>
>>>Peter Pentchev (roam at ringlet.net) wrote*:
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>>>
>>>>On Fri, Nov 21, 2003 at 12:12:03PM +0100, Michael Nottebrock wrote:
>>>>Content-Description: signed data
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>>>>>On Friday 21 November 2003 10:52, TEC Meganet wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>          
>>>>>
>>>>>>The BSd people suggest not using 4.9
>>>>>>in production servers.
>>>>>>
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>>>>>>            
>>>>>>
>>>>>They do?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>          
>>>>>
>>>>No.  Or at least, I know of no such thing, and it would be interesting
>>>>to learn where and who and how has anything like that been suggested :)
>>>>
>>>>
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