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From: Steve O'Hara-Smith <steve@sohara.org>
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Subject: Re: 11.0-RELEASE-p8 End of Life
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On Sun, 9 Apr 2017 17:25:00 +0000
Grzegorz Junka <list1@gjunka.com> wrote:

> *WARNING: FreeBSD 11.0-RELEASE-p8 is approaching its End-of-Life date.*
> It is strongly recommended that you upgrade to a newer
> release within the next 2 months.
> 
> 
> What's this warning telling me? In one line no update is needed but in 
> the next the current release is almost outdated?

	It's premature, the new policy is that point releases are supported
for three months after the next point release, 11.1 isn't out yet so the
clock isn't really ticking.

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Steve O'Hara-Smith <steve@sohara.org>