From owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jul 16 12:50:57 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 8313CAF2 for ; Wed, 16 Jul 2014 12:50:57 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-qc0-x229.google.com (mail-qc0-x229.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:400d:c01::229]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 43D352486 for ; Wed, 16 Jul 2014 12:50:57 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-qc0-f169.google.com with SMTP id m20so717126qcx.0 for ; Wed, 16 Jul 2014 05:50:56 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject :from:cc:content-type; bh=11MImhdof32Ch/AyuEK506KmYEOWl2Xz/CaIVi7YE/w=; b=XUW37uct6jA8GXULdTdbsBleFMxNIT9b7+qxWJdoaQb6MDKsG/GK3U8u6jn+SyO0fR NJREjtnKsk8yH2owgH2SlCzodml5ZaKlaB3frtrVqeg2C+lOcY5PjtA3GE/8+vSoos6a pcyQ6duxSYhOV5VdmkJmsRMRVcAr02u3VjzVl4UkJ7ulqvZ360j+fDMTY3RH3OmlEox2 nvCbtoCmxU4zcmm87DINBU+GCPZqOLlj5Y5GBMwG0/EZf+DTm5AxM+F7GposF7IquTSf Buo3hutfAumKZRq9aDCRQu2CC8wGJyfRr3vZDtGTB3H2HA096yjYGTErMOh/BuKR/6mN mUAA== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.224.79.11 with SMTP id n11mt34079465qak.40.1405515056236; Wed, 16 Jul 2014 05:50:56 -0700 (PDT) Sender: spankthespam@gmail.com Received: by 10.229.88.68 with HTTP; Wed, 16 Jul 2014 05:50:56 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: <201407102156.s6ALuU4H058789@freefall.freebsd.org> Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2014 13:50:56 +0100 X-Google-Sender-Auth: ir8e2VaOV_mFXPdMxqM_Fd9IAvk Message-ID: Subject: Re: [FreeBSD-Announce] HEADS UP: FreeBSD 9.2 EoL coming soon From: Bartek Rutkowski Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Cc: freebsd-security@freebsd.org, freebsd-announce@freebsd.org 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: Wed, 16 Jul 2014 12:50:57 -0000 On Tue, Jul 15, 2014 at 8:21 PM, Sergey Kandaurov wrote: > On 11 July 2014 01:56, Xin Li wrote: >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >> Hash: SHA512 >> >> Hello Everyone, >> >> On September 30, 2014, FreeBSD 9.2 will reach its End of Life and will >> no longer be supported by the FreeBSD Security Team. > > And what about this part [1]: > "Releases [...] will be supported by the Security Officer [...] for > sufficient additional time (if needed) to ensure that there is a newer > release for at least 3 months before the older Normal release expires." > > I parsed this as 9.2 should (could) be supported until after 3 months since > 9.3-RELEASE. E.g., 9.0 support was extended as 9.1-RELEASE got delayed. > > [1] http://security.freebsd.org > Given the extension announcement was just sent, I hope we'll remind users again, somwhere like 3 months and then again 1 month before the extended EoL happens. Shouldnt we also add it to the news section of the website so that it would be visible to more users? Kind regards, Bartek Rutkowski