From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Sep 22 19:54:50 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 18E50106567C; Mon, 22 Sep 2008 19:54:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jrhett@netconsonance.com) Received: from mail.netconsonance.com (mail.netconsonance.com [198.207.204.4]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DF4578FC13; Mon, 22 Sep 2008 19:54:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jrhett@netconsonance.com) Received: from [10.66.240.106] (public-wireless.sv.svcolo.com [64.13.135.30]) (authenticated bits=0) by mail.netconsonance.com (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id m8MJsbuV012120; Mon, 22 Sep 2008 12:54:37 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jrhett@netconsonance.com) X-Amavis-Modified: Mail body modified (defanged) by mail.netconsonance.com X-Quarantine-ID: X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at netconsonance.com X-Amavis-Alert: BAD HEADER, Header line longer than 998 characters: References: <12...\n X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Spam-Score: -1.025 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.025 tagged_above=-999 required=3.5 tests=[ALL_TRUSTED=-1.44, AWL=0.415] Message-Id: <7FC02881-91A6-4A2B-B58F-A4D1671B9978@netconsonance.com> From: Jo Rhett To: Robert Watson In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v929.2) Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2008 12:54:32 -0700 References: <1219409496.10487.22.camel@bauer.cse.buffalo.edu> <20080904133604.GB1188@atarininja.org> <47d0403c0809051319r3c82f87bhdb15ce5b0167987a@mail.gmail.com> <2742CAB1-8FF2-425D-A3B6-0658D7DB8F4D@netconsonance.com> <0C2C7E9B-61E3-4720-B76F-4745A3C963DA@netconsonance.com> <658B8861-1E78-4767-8D3D-8B79CC0BD45F@netconsonance.com> <15F15FD1-3C53-4018-8792-BC63289DC4C2@netconsonance.com> <448wtpcikb.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> <34C3D54B-C88C-4C36-B1FE-C07FC27F8CB5@netconsonance.com> <48D596AD.1070209@bgp4.net> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.929.2) Cc: netgeek , freebsd-stable , Lowell Gilbert Subject: Re: Upcoming Releases Schedule... X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 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, 22 Sep 2008 19:54:50 -0000 On Sep 21, 2008, at 1:57 AM, Robert Watson wrote: > This is precisely what we already do -- we guarantee we will support > the last release on a branch for 24 months after the release. The > point of concern being discussed is that we can't tell you for sure > which minor release will be the last release at the time that > release goes out the door, because the extent to which we keep > releasing on old branches depends in large part on how the new > branch looks. I think you are using "last release" in a different way. "the last release" is always the most release release. Right now 6.3 will have support for longer than 6.4 will, which is the nature of the problem I raised. If you always supported the most recent release for 24 months then we wouldn't have any problem. I mean seriously, if you were to say "We will support 6.4 for 24 months *unless* we find it necessary to release 6.5 then I'd be totally happy. But that's not what is being said. -- Jo Rhett Net Consonance : consonant endings by net philanthropy, open source and other randomness