From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Sep 4 13:35:25 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CBF051065672 for ; Thu, 4 Sep 2008 13:35:25 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wxs@atarininja.org) Received: from syn.atarininja.org (syn.csh.rit.edu [129.21.60.158]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A340E8FC13 for ; Thu, 4 Sep 2008 13:35:25 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wxs@atarininja.org) Received: by syn.atarininja.org (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 66ED05C2D; Thu, 4 Sep 2008 09:36:04 -0400 (EDT) Date: Thu, 4 Sep 2008 09:36:04 -0400 From: Wesley Shields To: Nathan Way Message-ID: <20080904133604.GB1188@atarininja.org> References: <1219409496.10487.22.camel@bauer.cse.buffalo.edu> <593618A3-56DA-4891-A4A0-690E9A9C5B32@netconsonance.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) Cc: Jo Rhett , freebsd-stable Subject: Re: Upcoming Releases Schedule... X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 04 Sep 2008 13:35:25 -0000 On Wed, Sep 03, 2008 at 09:24:04PM -0700, Nathan Way wrote: > > > > Where can one find the expected EoL for these releases? I've poked > > around the website and can't find any notes mentioning this, although > > several people have been making posts suggesting that people should > > review the EoL schedule when planning their upgrades. > > http://www.freebsd.org/security/security.html#supported-branches > > To quote from the above web site: > > Branch Release Type Release Date Estimated EoL > RELENG_6 n/a n/a n/a January 31, 2010 > RELENG_6_3 6.3-RELEASE Extended January 18, 2008 January 31, 2010 > RELENG_7 n/a n/a n/a last release + 2 > years > RELENG_7_0 7.0-RELEASE Normal February 27, 2008 February 28, 2009 These are the existing releases. I believe Jo was looking for EoL for 7.1 and 6.4 once they are released. The answer to that is not clear - nor do I know if it should be clear yet. I don't know when the type of support decision is made, but I suspect it's not this early in the process. -- WXS