Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2012 13:10:34 +0100 From: n j <nino80@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD Release Date Challenge, plus other stuff the project needs Message-ID: <CALf6cgZ8C%2BsUazPZDkKPjjRryT7UT3aS8yP7eCpgAKikXD9Mtg@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <50C6DE14.4040303@gmail.com> References: <ec18f51e396d76daab520d5a15190f57@foto.nl1.torservers.net> <50C6DE14.4040303@gmail.com>
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On Tue, Dec 11, 2012 at 8:17 AM, Stephen Cook <sclists@gmail.com> wrote: > On 12/11/2012 1:52 AM, Anonymous wrote: >> >> We, the users of FreeBSD, *do hereby challenge* the FreeBSD project >> to meet its future release dates. > > Similarly, I'm a bit concerned that 9.0 loses support at the end of January, > but there is no release date for 9.1 (at > http://www5.us.freebsd.org/releases/9.1R/schedule.html, the last actual date > shown is November 3, 2012, for RC3). I'm confused as to the best course of > action: continue to use an unsupported version and hope the new one comes > out sooner than later, or downgrade to a supported version (8.3). >From security.freebsd.org: Normal Releases which are published from a -STABLE branch will be supported by the Security Officer for a minimum of 12 months after the release, and 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. So the real EoL for 9.0 is the date of 9.1 release plus 3 months. -- Nino
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