From owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jul 11 14:40:28 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A8BBF798 for ; Fri, 11 Jul 2014 14:40:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.freebsd.systems (unknown [IPv6:2001:6a0:1cb::b]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 5DA6B207D for ; Fri, 11 Jul 2014 14:40:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.freebsd.systems (mail.freebsd.systems [IPv6:2001:6a0:1cb::b]) by mail.freebsd.systems (Postfix) with ESMTP id A5F4423E; Fri, 11 Jul 2014 16:40:25 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at freebsd.systems Received: from mail.freebsd.systems ([IPv6:2001:6a0:1cb::b]) by mail.freebsd.systems (scan.freebsd.systems [IPv6:2001:6a0:1cb::b]) (amavisd-new, port 10026) with ESMTP id aIaZvc-MuyGS; Fri, 11 Jul 2014 16:39:53 +0200 (CEST) Received: from [192.168.138.100] (unknown [194.181.86.74]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.freebsd.systems (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id DE2CA239; Fri, 11 Jul 2014 16:39:52 +0200 (CEST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=simple/simple; d=wasikowski.net; s=default; t=1405089593; bh=yLg9IelB7xyJR1TRsJ5nV/AydCUJ2vL6l1NBhBpLHRI=; h=Date:From:To:References:In-Reply-To; b=ivNMZFBZIVRHncR2jGlzWrawQj8Wq3YlSfJUN2x0JgYeXbp9XpUuS1FnYT25oiWQm ldQcJk760Y6c36ZnEomVAXoX3lWCVJVu9wRWwWxa9nNb8XpJzptRS6RYbCj+O59pon ZyTzCgvMfjMfWCJZO4v5k5Iewn/nz/+lFGudLzGSqoVp5bWt9Bkd1fPz47F76Io8gH lh6fttvxnTKA82V7YFpeeSrcxiF747tmK5KFcWitrdMAoOuJTqonSvmi0zshKZuiFc 3ytUIZquzhn5JXwwqSjlQJSF0JrIFu1TF7Io9ZZcWzE0081FVyCeD7JpE8x8kl94VG YfHQjF9dDmF0w== Message-ID: <53BFF72C.1060500@wasikowski.net> Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2014 16:39:40 +0200 From: =?UTF-8?B?xYF1a2FzeiBXxIVzaWtvd3NraQ==?= User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:24.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/24.6.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Dan Lukes , freebsd-security@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [FreeBSD-Announce] HEADS UP: FreeBSD 9.2 EoL coming soon References: <201407111146.s6BBk5Z3082993@fire.js.berklix.net> <53BFE7F7.1060309@obluda.cz> In-Reply-To: <53BFE7F7.1060309@obluda.cz> X-Enigmail-Version: 1.6 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-security@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: "Security issues \[members-only posting\]" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2014 14:40:28 -0000 W dniu 2014-07-11 15:34, Dan Lukes pisze: > On 07/11/14 13:46, Julian H. Stacey: >>> On September 30, 2014, FreeBSD 9.2 will reach its End of Life > >> A tight timesecale to force business users to upgrade. 9.2 is the >> main release today (8.4 old, & 10.0 risky) 9.3 not even released >> just RC3. Northern hemisphere is 3 weeks off August when some whole >> countries (eg .fr) virtually close down on holiday, & others don't >> get much done 'till after 1st week in Sept. Slip 9.2 EOL one month >> to 31st Oct. & it'll give many business sys admins a much better window. > > Valid arguments and +1m slip should not harm Security Officer so much. > > On the other side, business users, especially holiday sensitive users, > could consider not to install releases with non-extended lifetime in the > future ... > > System with extended lifetime will give them more freedom ... There were too many important changes / fixes in 9.2 to stick with 9.1. +1 month for migration to 9.3 would be great. -- best regards, Lukasz Wasikowski