From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Apr 26 01:58:12 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6956C16A4CE for ; Mon, 26 Apr 2004 01:58:12 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp.dkm.cz (smtp.dkm.cz [62.24.64.34]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id E913C43D5F for ; Mon, 26 Apr 2004 01:58:10 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from neuhauser@chello.cz) Received: (qmail 42309 invoked by uid 0); 26 Apr 2004 08:58:08 -0000 Received: from r3al16.mistral.cz (HELO isis.wad.cz) (213.220.229.16) by smtp.dkm.cz with SMTP; 26 Apr 2004 08:58:08 -0000 Received: by isis.wad.cz (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 7DEE32FDA01; Mon, 26 Apr 2004 10:58:08 +0200 (CEST) Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2004 10:58:08 +0200 From: Roman Neuhauser To: Colin Percival Message-ID: <20040426085808.GC29998@isis.wad.cz> References: <20040424132233.GA29518@xor.obsecurity.org> <6.0.1.1.1.20040424143310.04326bb0@imap.sfu.ca> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <6.0.1.1.1.20040424143310.04326bb0@imap.sfu.ca> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i cc: Kov?cs P?ter cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org cc: Kris Kennaway Subject: Re: FreeBSD Eol's? X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2004 08:58:12 -0000 # colin.percival@wadham.ox.ac.uk / 2004-04-24 14:39:57 +0100: > At 14:22 24/04/2004, Kris Kennaway wrote: > >4.8 passed its expiry date and was extended. 4.9 will probably be > >extended at a later date too. > > Looks like Kris got a bit confused here. :-) > > The idea behind the extended support branches is that *selected* > releases will be supported for at least 24 months; this allows us to > offer extended support to people who can't upgrade on a regular basis, > while keeping the number of supported branches to a manageable level. > We haven't yet decided which future branches will qualify for > extended support, but it is quite unlikely that this set would include > FreeBSD 4.9. How are the extended-support branches chosen? -- If you cc me or remove the list(s) completely I'll most likely ignore your message. see http://www.eyrie.org./~eagle/faqs/questions.html