From owner-freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Tue Dec 8 01:09:49 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 269EB9D3959 for ; Tue, 8 Dec 2015 01:09:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from emailrob@emailrob.com) Received: from imta-37.everyone.net (sitemail3.everyone.net [216.200.145.37]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "*.everyone.net", Issuer "DigiCert High Assurance CA-3" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 142B11842 for ; Tue, 8 Dec 2015 01:09:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from emailrob@emailrob.com) Received: from pps.filterd (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by imta-38.everyone.net (8.14.5/8.14.5) with SMTP id tB80BIWq017621; Mon, 7 Dec 2015 16:12:04 -0800 X-Eon-Dm: m0087080.ppops.net Received: by m0087080.mta.everyone.net (EON-AUTHRELAY2 - 4272bd84) id m0087080.564febf7.1539928; Mon, 7 Dec 2015 16:12:03 -0800 X-Eon-Sig: AQPOPGJWZiBTY+4iXgIAAAAC,e2732aeb21213aae4407609bd2c5a490 X-Originating-Ip: 66.114.189.132 Message-ID: <5666204E.9070505@emailrob.com> Date: Tue, 08 Dec 2015 00:11:58 +0000 From: spellberg_robert Reply-To: emailrob@emailrob.com User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:24.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/24.4.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: the highest minor_numbers for the nines and the tens Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Proofpoint-Virus-Version: vendor=fsecure engine=2.50.10432:5.15.21, 1.0.33, 0.0.0000 definitions=2015-12-07_15:2015-12-07,2015-12-07,1970-01-01 signatures=0 X-Proofpoint-Spam-Details: rule=notspam policy=default score=0 spamscore=0 suspectscore=1 phishscore=0 adultscore=0 bulkscore=0 classifier=spam adjust=0 reason=mlx scancount=1 engine=7.0.1-1511060000 definitions=main-1512080002 X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 08 Dec 2015 01:09:49 -0000 howdy , folks --- this is an abridged version of a post to -questions@ . i thank the person , there , who reminded me of this list [ but , still , -questions@ is a good place to start ] . i am already aware of the schedules for 10.3 and 11.0 ; but , that is not why i write . i can make assumptions ; i can divine_from_entrails ; i seek a person with --knowledge-- . a] is it --known-- that 9.3 is the last of the nines or , conversely , is there a non_zero probability that there will be a 9.4 ? b] is it --known-- that 10.3 is to be the last of the tens or , conversely , is there a non_zero probability that there will be a 10.4 ? if neither of these are known , then does some_one [ perhaps , a member of the re_team ] know the current state_of_thinking regarding the highest minor_number that will exist for each of the major_numbers that were specified in [a] and [b] , above ? for the benefit of those readers who conclude that i am un_aware , i thank you for your willingness to be helpful ; however , i already know about the security/support web_page . the information for nine , on the web_page , has differed from the information posted on -announce@ , in the past . this suggests that one person thinks one thing , while another person operates under a different apprehension . also , just because the web_page says one thing , today , does not mean that it can not be changed , in the future . for ten , this post is about the identification of the term , "last release" . please cc to : emailrob at emailrob dot com , as i am not subscribed to -stable@ . in advance , i thank one and all . rob