From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Dec 11 12:10:56 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6367832C for ; Tue, 11 Dec 2012 12:10:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nino80@gmail.com) Received: from mail-ia0-f176.google.com (mail-ia0-f176.google.com [209.85.210.176]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 264208FC13 for ; Tue, 11 Dec 2012 12:10:56 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-ia0-f176.google.com with SMTP id y26so4199628iab.21 for ; Tue, 11 Dec 2012 04:10:54 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :content-type; bh=RRT5yChPY1IEsgAv6xGG1kX3xYxIMPHLoNuIgIiIjcM=; b=opAPUWoqGCk1P7Tn2wlKHSvuznOl0sO+AvFfADSkJ5BKgOxD0xpx6H+/MaeUGQRlR2 82jJon6vZ+3Aw920IwNhopBA7ktcVhlQy+BxzNmqfwnM7QrC6fzc3I7dHvmRKwCymB+c FsHBorQxBWIUSy4SPQdL7BjBvvrp00gsdvVsOvV4SQce7ZNIKNfRyzqazYVX4Itfi0d4 cqffY3XjqgxbNrNTubeJ33LrLpC+fo/g7HUeA1rpXJKJxIVvdDpkT+g8SdJqs4rOvQar HbDic82MWyiso2ZzJGx8Tpv4eySDzFluG18KDOp4HakunSoGzXw4CE0x1MSJDNTqqDLv rMUA== Received: by 10.50.104.164 with SMTP id gf4mr9841814igb.1.1355227854757; Tue, 11 Dec 2012 04:10:54 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.43.19.71 with HTTP; Tue, 11 Dec 2012 04:10:34 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <50C6DE14.4040303@gmail.com> References: <50C6DE14.4040303@gmail.com> From: n j Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2012 13:10:34 +0100 Message-ID: Subject: Re: FreeBSD Release Date Challenge, plus other stuff the project needs To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2012 12:10:56 -0000 On Tue, Dec 11, 2012 at 8:17 AM, Stephen Cook 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