From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Tue Feb 18 11:00:22 2020 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8354025BDE7 for ; Tue, 18 Feb 2020 11:00:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kremels@kreme.com) Received: from mail.covisp.net (mail.covisp.net [65.121.55.42]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 48MHv94fW9z4bKk for ; Tue, 18 Feb 2020 11:00:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kremels@kreme.com) From: "@lbutlr" Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: Re: [FreeBSD-Announce] FreeBSD 12.0 end-of-life Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2020 04:00:18 -0700 References: <20200217231452.717FA1E820@freefall.freebsd.org> To: FreeBSD In-Reply-To: Message-Id: <85E7C97E-EF8B-4FC7-8EF1-758B7BCBAE90@kreme.com> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.3608.60.0.2.5) X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 48MHv94fW9z4bKk X-Spamd-Bar: / Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=none; dmarc=none; spf=pass (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of kremels@kreme.com designates 65.121.55.42 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=kremels@kreme.com X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-0.26 / 15.00]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-0.80)[-0.803,0]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; R_SPF_ALLOW(-0.20)[+mx]; MISSING_MIME_VERSION(2.00)[]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_ALL(0.00)[]; DMARC_NA(0.00)[kreme.com]; RCPT_COUNT_ONE(0.00)[1]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-0.99)[-0.992,0]; IP_SCORE(-0.07)[ip: (-0.24), ipnet: 65.112.0.0/12(-0.00), asn: 209(-0.04), country: US(-0.05)]; TO_DN_ALL(0.00)[]; RCVD_COUNT_ZERO(0.00)[0]; RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW(-0.10)[42.55.121.65.list.dnswl.org : 127.0.5.1]; R_DKIM_NA(0.00)[]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; ASN(0.00)[asn:209, ipnet:65.112.0.0/12, country:US]; MID_RHS_MATCH_FROM(0.00)[]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[] 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, 18 Feb 2020 11:00:22 -0000 On 17 Feb 2020, at 20:23, Tomasz CEDRO wrote: > Why so short End-Of-Life? Why so many fast and short releases? What = for? This was vcovered a few years ago (well, =E2=80=9Cfew=E2=80=9D when the = new timelines were being discussed. > What was wrong with having one well tested stable system for a long = time? The need to ensure systems are running secure software and are not = trivially exploitable. > FreeBSD does not seem to be reliable desktop environment True for ever non-Apple Unix variant. Most (that is to say nearly all) = FreeBSD installs are non0desktop servers. --=20 I WILL NOT CARVE GODS Bart chalkboard Ep. 8F11