freebsd stable - Jan 2009 - Update ports on 6.3 or update OS to 7.1(RC2) and update ports?

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

On Jan 2, 2009, at 12:32, "Thomas T. Veldhouse"
<veldy71@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