Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2005 11:30:09 -0600 From: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> To: Colin Percival <cperciva@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Will 5.4 be an "Extended Life" release? Message-ID: <6.2.1.2.2.20050418112854.05962e70@localhost> In-Reply-To: <4263ED33.6040504@freebsd.org> References: <20050412213328.GC1953@lava.net> <6.2.1.2.2.20050417185631.05349ee0@localhost> <200504180330.37184.danny@ricin.com> <426310A0.7060906@freebsd.org> <6.2.1.2.2.20050417202031.0490ad98@localhost> <4263280B.3010601@freebsd.org> <6.2.1.2.2.20050418020749.05761298@localhost> <002b01c5442c$d4a1caf0$9b00030a@officescape.net> <6.2.1.2.2.20050418094749.057187f0@localhost> <007c01c5442f$c9a36ed0$9b00030a@officescape.net> <6.2.1.2.2.20050418105722.05c08490@localhost> <4263ED33.6040504@freebsd.org>
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At 11:24 AM 4/18/2005, Colin Percival wrote: >I usually choose to allow users to shoot their own feet if they want, but >since I wrote FreeBSD Update primarily for the benefit of less experienced >FreeBSD users I decided that some anti-foot-shooting mechanisms were a >good idea. I understand. However, you can see why this provision makes it highly desirable to install an official release rather than some in-between snapshot (which in turn is why I'd like to see a 4.11.5 or 4.12 as the last 4.x release). --Brett
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