From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Oct 10 20:23:54 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3F0371065672 for ; Sat, 10 Oct 2009 20:23:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nlandys@gmail.com) Received: from mail-qy0-f195.google.com (mail-qy0-f195.google.com [209.85.221.195]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E94AB8FC0A for ; Sat, 10 Oct 2009 20:23:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: by qyk33 with SMTP id 33so7855904qyk.29 for ; Sat, 10 Oct 2009 13:23:53 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=mlc59/biHcUTWkRdIGgz/yNaNLn/D4uz4ywyLsb9+5M=; b=KMTH9SxwGISbOyq7MHR/wukumAMq8YBqhxpkIlXSGn3f8MkmPBIKDYnK2LOPoiX+zq KStxzq5JG+WW1z3rkqJGbJ/xuT2NbLFxc9OROeZjkeYO/oP+WW3OVhpS060oNmM9kIsm IVGzBBWeZTJJjTlNiRnt2nyqND8gW4OJsVJDc= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=U2c9A5VcZZIjl4tZRaa1Q5C/qS1CFVs8RAOh/stFb3zRwSqHaOTrM8s/NNiCYx7Wpn oA/t+SDq2TjsCdT/I7qs9yfNdyFGhL07yWIFzOc5H+1e0n7orn9eYMtqZ9gHaGD3JEjY eVspT0IefO9YvwNE9i/TKglL+ajAqfpbrCxU4= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.229.12.212 with SMTP id y20mr2118577qcy.16.1255206233248; Sat, 10 Oct 2009 13:23:53 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20091010194000.GA17212@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> References: <4ACFDD57.6000401@izb.knu.ac.kr> <560f92640910091944k66f8c595rcbdb296e0dbfc078@mail.gmail.com> <20091010194000.GA17212@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2009 13:23:53 -0700 Message-ID: <560f92640910101323v36aa49aat5b88f6542bd8e169@mail.gmail.com> From: Nerius Landys To: Jerry McAllister Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: ?????? , FreeBSD Questions , Marwan Sultan Subject: Re: best FBSD version for commercial use. X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2009 20:23:54 -0000 >> My 2 cents, as far as I know 7.1 will be maintained longer than 7.2 >> according to the freebsd.org website. =A0That is, security fixes will be >> rolled out for 7.1 a while after 7.2 reaches End Of Life. =A0That made >> me decide to go with 7.1 when I had to make the switch from 7.0 a few >> months ago. =A08.0 was not out at that time. > > I don't think that is correct. =A0There must be something unclear there. http://security.freebsd.org/ Near the bottom of the page mentioned above, there is a table. RELENG_7_1 EoL is January 31, 2011, RELENG_7_2 EoL is May 31, 2010 according to the chart. That is a difference of 8 months.