Date: Sun, 1 Jul 2012 11:35:45 +0100 From: "Simon L. B. Nielsen" <security-officer@FreeBSD.org> To: freebsd-announce@FreeBSD.org Subject: [FreeBSD-Announce] HEADS UP: FreeBSD 8.1 and 8.2 EoL coming soon Message-ID: <984D5F00-C863-4AAC-B567-BFD4B759964A@FreeBSD.org>
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--Apple-Mail=_D77C5C21-EEDB-43AB-AB9F-6399675DA86A Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Hello Everyone, On July 31st 2012, FreeBSD 8.1 and FreeBSD 8.2 will reach their End of Life and will no longer be supported by the FreeBSD Security Team. Users of FreeBSD 8.1 and 8.2 are strongly encouraged to upgrade to one of the newer releases before the that date. The current supported branches and expected EoL dates are: +---------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Branch | Release | Type | Release date | Estimated EoL | |-----------+------------+--------+-----------------+-----------------| |RELENG_7 |n/a |n/a |n/a |February 28, 2013| |-----------+------------+--------+-----------------+-----------------| |RELENG_7_4 |7.4-RELEASE |Extended|February 24, 2011|February 28, 2013| |-----------+------------+--------+-----------------+-----------------| |RELENG_8 |n/a |n/a |n/a |last release + 2y| |-----------+------------+--------+-----------------+-----------------| |RELENG_8_1 |8.1-RELEASE |Extended|July 23, 2010 |July 31, 2012 | |-----------+------------+--------+-----------------+-----------------| |RELENG_8_2 |8.2-RELEASE |Normal |February 24, 2011|July 31, 2012 | |-----------+------------+--------+-----------------+-----------------| |RELENG_8_3 |8.3-RELEASE |Extended|April 18, 2012 |April 30, 2014 | |-----------+------------+--------+-----------------+-----------------| |RELENG_9 |n/a |n/a |n/a |last release + 2y| |-----------+------------+--------+-----------------+-----------------| |RELENG_9_0 |9.0-RELEASE |Normal |January 10, 2012 |January 31, 2013 | +---------------------------------------------------------------------+ -- Simon L. B. Nielsen FreeBSD Security Officer --Apple-Mail=_D77C5C21-EEDB-43AB-AB9F-6399675DA86A Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: Message signed with OpenPGP using GPGMail -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG/MacGPG2 v2.0.17 (Darwin) iEYEARECAAYFAk/wKAQACgkQFdaIBMps37I25wCcC/gGBvBokO+8VeTFzGmaAKWL ji0AoIe9fMFm5fJuQ/L4mkr42Rcwrn60 =GCF2 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Apple-Mail=_D77C5C21-EEDB-43AB-AB9F-6399675DA86A--
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