Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2003 10:38:11 -0500 From: "Jacques A. Vidrine" <nectar@FreeBSD.org> To: freebsd-security@FreeBSD.org Subject: Security Officer-supported branches update Message-ID: <20030714153811.GB78930@madman.celabo.org>
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Hello Everyone, The branches supported by the FreeBSD Security Officer have been updated to reflect recent releases and EoL (end-of-life) events. The new list is below (and should appear at <URL: http://www.freebsd.org/security/ > soon). In particular, FreeBSD 4.6 and FreeBSD 5.0 have `expired'. If you wish to be certain to get critical bug fixes, it is recommended that you upgrade to one of the newer security branches. [Excerpt from http://www.freebsd.org/security/] The FreeBSD Security Officer provides security advisories for several branches of FreeBSD development. These are the -STABLE Branches and the Security Branches. (Advisories are not issued for the -CURRENT Branch.) * There is usually only a single -STABLE branch, although during the transition from one major development line to another (such as from FreeBSD 4.x to 5.x), there is a time span in which there are two -STABLE branches. The -STABLE branch tags have names like RELENG_4. The corresponding builds have names like FreeBSD 4.6-STABLE. * Each FreeBSD Release has an associated Security Branch. The Security Branch tags have names like RELENG_4_6. The corresponding builds have names like FreeBSD 4.6-RELEASE-p7. Each branch is supported by the Security Officer for a limited time only, typically through 12 months after the release. The estimated lifetimes of the currently supported branches are given below. The Estimated EoL (end-of-life) column gives the earliest date on which that branch is likely to be dropped. Please note that these dates may be extended into the future, but only extenuating circumstances would lead to a branch's support being dropped earlier than the date listed. +-----------------------------------------+ | Branch | Release | Estimated EoL | |----------+-----------+------------------| |RELENG_4 |n/a |December 31, 2003 | |----------+-----------+------------------| |RELENG_4_7|4.7-RELEASE|September 30, 2003| |----------+-----------+------------------| |RELENG_4_8|4.8-RELEASE|March 31, 2004 | |----------+-----------+------------------| |RELENG_5_1|5.1-RELEASE|December 31, 2003 | +-----------------------------------------+ Older releases are not maintained and users are strongly encouraged to upgrade to one of the supported releases mentioned above. Cheers, -- Jacques Vidrine . NTT/Verio SME . FreeBSD UNIX . Heimdal nectar@celabo.org . jvidrine@verio.net . nectar@freebsd.org . nectar@kth.se ----- Forwarded message from Jacques Vidrine <nectar@FreeBSD.org> ----- Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2003 08:13:43 -0700 (PDT) From: Jacques Vidrine <nectar@FreeBSD.org> To: doc-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-doc@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: cvs commit: www/en/security security.sgml Message-Id: <200307141513.h6EFDhAI067098@repoman.freebsd.org> nectar 2003/07/14 08:13:43 PDT FreeBSD doc repository Modified files: en/security security.sgml Log: Security Officer-supported branches updated: FreeBSD 4.6, FreeBSD 5.0 removed: they have passed the published EoL. FreeBSD 5.1 added. Revision Changes Path 1.135 +5 -10 www/en/security/security.sgml http://cvsweb.FreeBSD.org/www/en/security/security.sgml.diff?r1=1.134&r2=1.135&f=c ----- End forwarded message -----
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