Date: Mon, 14 Sep 2009 22:36:35 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> To: Mikel King <mikel.king@olivent.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, dgoodin@theregister.com Subject: Re: reporter on deadline seeks comment about reported security bug in FreeBSD Message-ID: <4AAEB763.6060709@infracaninophile.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <A4D00AA2-BB73-4767-8054-F8E0B9112C53@olivent.com> References: <4AAE95B2.5050409@sitpub.com> <A4D00AA2-BB73-4767-8054-F8E0B9112C53@olivent.com>
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Mikel King wrote:
> Hasn't 6.x been End Of Lifed? I mean considering that 8.0 is expected to
> be released either later this month or early next, and 6.x will be
> officially retired at that time, is it possible that this was
> overlooked? Personally I don't think it's ever good to overlook
> security, especially in the case of a root exploit.
Nope. 6.3 (RELENG_6_3) will be supported until at least 31 January 2010
while 6.4 (RELENG_6_4) and 6-STABLE (RELENG_6) will be supported until at
least 30 November 2010 by the Security team.
There are no more releases planned from the RELENG_6 branch, but that's not
the same as 'unsupported' -- patches and advisories will be issued until the
dates listed, and quite usually beyond that.
Cheers,
Matthew
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Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 7 Priory Courtyard
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