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From: Erik Trulsson <ertr1013@student.uu.se>
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Subject: Re: when 5.5
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On Fri, May 12, 2006 at 01:56:43PM +0100, Chris wrote:
> On 11/05/06, Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> wrote:
> >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
> >
> >
> >
> 
> Ahh makes sense to me now, since port freezes are annoying.  So there
> is no danger of 5.5 been released after 5.4 EOL then?

Since the 5.4 EOL date has just been extended by several months I would say
that it seems exceedingly unlikely that 5.5 will be released after 5.4 is EOL.



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