Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2006 12:40:24 -0800 (PST) From: Danial Thom <danial_thom@yahoo.com> To: Derrick Francis <derrick.francis@x-feds.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Support for FreeBSD 4.10/4.9 Message-ID: <20060120204024.464.qmail@web33306.mail.mud.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <20060119231825.GA98806@xor.obsecurity.org>
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--- Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> wrote: > On Mon, Dec 19, 2005 at 02:28:09PM -0800, > Derrick Francis wrote: > > Have a simple question. If someone to > request support for version 4.10 > > or 4.9 how would they be supported? Please > let me know. I need to > > verify this version of FreeBSD is still > supported. Thank you. > > Generally speaking these old versions are not > supported at all. They > might still be receiving security support (see > http://www.freebsd.org/security/), but if you > e.g. try to report a bug > then you'll mostly get people telling you to > upgrade to a supported > version first (since after all there's a good > chance the bug is > already fixed). > > At this point you really need to plan to > upgrade to the 6.0 series, > since that's where the future lies. Sadly the "future" most likely lies in v9.0, so hold on to 4.x for as long as you can. Hire a programmer to fix or port stuff back. It will save you in the long run. DT __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
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