From owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jun 8 16:35:35 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E757D1065670 for ; Tue, 8 Jun 2010 16:35:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (gate6.infracaninophile.co.uk [IPv6:2001:8b0:151:1::1]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 58D378FC08 for ; Tue, 8 Jun 2010 16:35:35 +0000 (UTC) Received: from seedling.black-earth.co.uk (seedling.black-earth.co.uk [81.187.76.163]) (authenticated bits=0) by smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id o58GZU1J003632 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-CAMELLIA256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Tue, 8 Jun 2010 17:35:30 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Message-ID: <4C0E7152.2020601@infracaninophile.co.uk> Date: Tue, 08 Jun 2010 17:35:30 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman Organization: Infracaninophile User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 10.6; en-US; rv:1.9.1.9) Gecko/20100317 Thunderbird/3.0.4 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: spellberg_robert References: <4C0A67E7.3080405@freebsd.org> <4C0E5712.2000606@emailrob.com> In-Reply-To: <4C0E5712.2000606@emailrob.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 1.0.1 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: clamav-milter 0.96.1 at lucid-nonsense.infracaninophile.co.uk X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Spam-Status: No, score=1.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_50,DKIM_ADSP_ALL, SPF_FAIL autolearn=no version=3.3.1 X-Spam-Level: * X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.1 (2010-03-16) on lucid-nonsense.infracaninophile.co.uk Cc: fbsd_chat Subject: Re: [_fbsd_chat_] why the different eol lengths ? [ was: Re: [FreeBSD-Announce] HEADS UP: FreeBSD 7.2 EoL coming soon ] X-BeenThere: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Non technical items related to the community List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 08 Jun 2010 16:35:36 -0000 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 08/06/2010 15:43:30, spellberg_robert wrote: > question: > if version "x dot y_plus_one" is "better" [ for some definition of > that word ] than version "x dot y", > then why is support for the "better" version being terminated, by > --design--, before support for the "less_than_better" version ? If you've only got a few machines -- dozens maybe -- then it could well be feasible for you to upgrade to each new release about as soon as it comes out. Making new releases on each major branch about every 6 -- 8 months serves such users pretty well. On the other hand, if you've got thousands of machines, then upgrading all that lot is a serious undertaking and you'ld prefer to space such episodes out to about once every 2 years. But as an all volunteer project with limited resources, it just isn't feasible to have more than about 4 or 5 release branches all under support at the same time. Can you think of a way of satisfying all those requirements, other than by taking a few selected releases and declaring that they will have an extended support lifetime? Cheers, Matthew - -- Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 7 Priory Courtyard Flat 3 PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Ramsgate JID: matthew@infracaninophile.co.uk Kent, CT11 9PW -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG/MacGPG2 v2.0.14 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAkwOcVIACgkQ8Mjk52CukIzDagCbBAjXZO0Nogg/kGXPb22jnHAC lowAoIHTog4DUlV4udMVNi6KaMoS014y =jer2 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----