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On 8. Jun 2012, at 20:58 , Jason Helfman wrote:

> On Fri, Jan 13, 2012 at 12:00:53PM +0100, G=F3t Andr=E1s thus spake:
>> Hi,
>>=20
>> 8.3 is on the way IMHO, but anyway RELENG_8 will be supported until
>> 2013 febr 24, by the current status.
>>=20
>> Regards,
>> Andras
>=20
> But if RELENG_8_{1,2}, aren't updated then that would follow EOL, =
right?
> Meaning, they won't be updated past July 31, 2012, unless there is an
> extension.
>=20
> Any clarity would be great on this.

The current expected EOL dates are available at
	http://www.freebsd.org/security/#sup

8.1 and 8.2 will drop out of security support July 31 this year, given
8.3 has been available for at least 3 months then.  Also 8.3 is an
extended release supported until 2014.

/bz

--=20
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