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Cc: Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org>,
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Subject: Re: challenge: end of life for 6.2 is premature with buggy 6.3
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Jo Rhett wrote:
> On Jun 4, 2008, at 11:39 AM, Kris Kennaway wrote:
>> Also, it's not like anyone should have been caught by surprise by the 
>> 6.2 EoL; the expiry date has been advertised since the 6.2 release 
>> itself.
> 
> 
> It has changed multiple times.  I keep reviewing and finding 6.3 bugs 
> outstanding, and then observe the EoL get pushed.
> 
> I'm surprised that it failed to get pushed this time.
> 

I'm sorry that the FreeBSD project failed to conform to your 
expectations.  However, I invite you to actually try 6.3 for yourself 
instead of assuming that it will fail.

Kris