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Date:      Thu, 11 May 2006 13:51:35 -0400
From:      Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
To:        Jeff Rollin <jeff.rollin@gmail.com>
Cc:        Kouji Ito <kouji@cty-net.ne.jp>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
Subject:   Re: when 5.5
Message-ID:  <20060511175135.GA71742@xor.obsecurity.org>
In-Reply-To: <8a0028260605110826h13211353rbe374ccc5f5e7ce4@mail.gmail.com>
References:  <c6ef380c0605110116t1955f4f6s6ff981e666f5e4e5@mail.gmail.com> <4462FA0B.2090100@cty-net.ne.jp> <20060511150818.GB69548@xor.obsecurity.org> <8a0028260605110826h13211353rbe374ccc5f5e7ce4@mail.gmail.com>

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On Thu, May 11, 2006 at 04:26:04PM +0100, Jeff Rollin wrote:
> Are maintenance releases of old branches always released in step with new
> ones, or is it just coincidence that it's happening this way this time?

It was deliberate this time to avoid an extra ports freeze cycle,
since that has very high cost and the benefit is really low since the
intended audience for 5.5 is small and everyone who can do so will be
much better off with the enormous benefits of 6.

Kris

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