From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Tue Nov 13 11:16:12 2018 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3578F11213DD for ; Tue, 13 Nov 2018 11:16:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from 4250.10.freebsd-questions=freebsd.org@email-od.com) Received: from s1-b0c6.socketlabs.email-od.com (s1-b0c6.socketlabs.email-od.com [142.0.176.198]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 7795B7F89F for ; Tue, 13 Nov 2018 11:16:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from 4250.10.freebsd-questions=freebsd.org@email-od.com) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=email-od.com;i=@email-od.com;s=dkim; c=relaxed/relaxed; q=dns/txt; t=1542107772; x=1544699772; h=content-transfer-encoding:content-type:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:message-id:subject:cc:to:from:date:x-thread-info; bh=Y/e7ZKXqoDcow5VZtfS8NtYLKoRTER9bhL0XIHa+jqg=; b=s5mT4GxUdeynjxp6CfIvNpk5u2zgaO/6AJbb0mNh8Hp2+vRX1nieCQuJI6XvIj7syuGSacviwua4BlR6ZbT8RMf7AHuZgTRl3dLPftuziHyCO3rkvwHYytSyJcOsriRVtoYCrEc3MX7C1wJBlXKfVtlOzHh82VB71S94YfqLAKc= X-Thread-Info: NDI1MC4xMi4xOWYwMDAwMDIyNDg1MTQuZnJlZWJzZC1xdWVzdGlvbnM9ZnJlZWJzZC5vcmc= Received: from r2.sg.in.socketlabs.com (r2.sg.in.socketlabs.com [142.0.179.12]) by mxsg2.email-od.com with ESMTP(version=Tls12 cipher=Aes256 bits=256); Tue, 13 Nov 2018 06:16:00 -0500 Received: from smtp.lan.sohara.org (EMTPY [89.127.62.20]) by r2.sg.in.socketlabs.com with ESMTP(version=Tls12 cipher=Aes256 bits=256); Tue, 13 Nov 2018 06:15:59 -0500 Received: from [192.168.63.1] (helo=steve.lan.sohara.org) by smtp.lan.sohara.org with smtp (Exim 4.91 (FreeBSD)) (envelope-from ) id 1gMWfk-000CH8-QK; Tue, 13 Nov 2018 11:15:56 +0000 Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2018 11:15:56 +0000 From: Steve O'Hara-Smith To: "@lbutlr" Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Long Term support versions? Message-Id: <20181113111556.f5870a43fbb1fe38db2a9df2@sohara.org> In-Reply-To: References: X-Mailer: Sylpheed 3.7.0 (GTK+ 2.24.32; amd64-portbld-freebsd11.1) X-Clacks-Overhead: "GNU Terry Pratchett" Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 7795B7F89F X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-1.84 / 200.00]; TO_DN_SOME(0.00)[]; R_SPF_ALLOW(-0.20)[+ip4:142.0.176.0/20]; MV_CASE(0.50)[]; RCVD_COUNT_THREE(0.00)[4]; DKIM_TRACE(0.00)[email-od.com:+]; RCPT_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2]; MX_GOOD(-0.01)[mxbh.socketlabs.com,mxbsg.socketlabs.com]; FORGED_SENDER(0.00)[steve@sohara.org,4250.10.freebsd-questions=freebsd.org@email-od.com]; IP_SCORE(-0.02)[country: US(-0.09)]; SUBJECT_ENDS_QUESTION(1.00)[]; ASN(0.00)[asn:7381, ipnet:142.0.176.0/22, country:US]; RCVD_TLS_LAST(0.00)[]; FROM_NEQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[steve@sohara.org,4250.10.freebsd-questions=freebsd.org@email-od.com]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-0.96)[-0.962,0]; R_DKIM_ALLOW(-0.20)[email-od.com]; MID_RHS_MATCH_FROM(0.00)[]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; NEURAL_HAM_SHORT(-0.85)[-0.855,0]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-0.99)[-0.992,0]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; DMARC_NA(0.00)[sohara.org]; FORGED_SENDER_VERP_SRS(0.00)[]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_SOME(0.00)[]; RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE(0.00)[198.176.0.142.list.dnswl.org : 127.0.15.0]; ENVFROM_VERP(0.00)[] X-Rspamd-Server: mx1.freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2018 11:16:12 -0000 On Tue, 13 Nov 2018 03:50:16 -0700 "@lbutlr" wrote: > And 11,2 is the only current version I see > , but it is marked > to be EOLed at 11.3 +3month so where is a stable release that will have a > longer support window? There isn't one, at least not until 11. whatever may be (I'd guess 3 or 4 but that's just my guess), that will remain supported until September 2021 which may be long enough for 12. to arrive. I'd like to think that, ultimately, tracking n. will become a viable strategy. -- Steve O'Hara-Smith