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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>
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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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