FreeBSD 8.3 released?
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 Our snapshots came out labeled 8.3-RELEASE yesterday, so I figured it was due. I'll wait for the official announcement though, I grabbed the 9 images early and they ended up remaking the ISOs due to an issue they found so I had to download them again. 
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 That's the excuse I'm looking for! :D My 'compile box' is actually an old laptop which has a fried graphics chip. Works fine as a low powered server. Since I first installed 8.1 I've made so many small changes I haven't a hope of remembering them. 
 It's almost certainly going to be a nightmare. ::)Steve 
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 If you update with freebsd-update or from source, it should only replace base system binaries and such, it shouldn't stomp on anything in /usr/local, from ports, etc. And mergemaster will help make sure your changes in /etc are preserved. 
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 I'll definitely try an update first but I think I've messed about with it to an extent that a fresh install is probably a good idea. 
 Learn by failing!Steve 
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 Looks official now: 
 http://www.freebsd.org/releases/8.3R/announce.html
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 screw 8.3R :P http://www.freebsd.org/releases/9.0R/announce.html 
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 Except 9.0 had a ton of problems and we felt like coding for pfSense rather than fighting FreeBSD 9 issues, so no, don't screw 8.3R :P pfSense 2.2 will be targeting FreeBSD 9.1 or so, hopefully things will be settled more by then. 
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 pfSense 2.2 will be targeting FreeBSD 9.1 or so, hopefully things will be settled more by then. Great! 
 Put me down as a Beta Tester.
 When do we start ? LOL
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 Once 2.1 is done we'll start on 2.2. So help get 2.1 finished and then it'll be time to move on. :-) 


