Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2018 23:53:23 +0000 From: Brooks Davis <brooks@freebsd.org> To: Roger Marquis <marquis@roble.com> Cc: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Interim support guarantee for FreeBSD 12 Message-ID: <20181130235323.GA20608@spindle.one-eyed-alien.net> In-Reply-To: <nycvar.OFS.7.76.444.1811301534170.21448@mx.roble.com> References: <nycvar.OFS.7.76.444.1811301534170.21448@mx.roble.com>
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--TB36FDmn/VVEgNH/ Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable It concerns all produces created from the STABLE branch include releases. We're aiming to begin discussions starting around the first of the year. -- Brooks On Fri, Nov 30, 2018 at 03:47:07PM -0800, Roger Marquis wrote: > FYI re potential cuts to STABLE long-term support. Does this affect the > RELEASE branch as well? Anyone know where this is being discussed? The > announcement mentions community feedback but that seems unlikely given > there has been no mention of it on the freebsd-security list. >=20 > Roger Marquis >=20 >=20 > >Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2018 11:04:48 -0400 > >From: FreeBSD Core Team Secretary <core-secretary@FreeBSD.org> > >To: freebsd-announce@freebsd.org > >Subject: [FreeBSD-Announce] Interim support guarantee for FreeBSD 12 > > > >Dear FreeBSD community, > > > >The Core Team, in consultation with Release Engineering, the Security > >Team, and Port Manager has decided that we need to reevaluate the 5-year > >support of stable branches starting with stable/12. A changed security > >landscape, increased toolchain velocity, and shorter support windows for > >our upstream components necessitate this reevaluation. > > > >We will be leading discussions on updating our support model, with the > >goal of making the model sustainable for the Project. These > >discussions, which will include opportunities for community feedback, > >will be complete by March 31, 2019. > > > >Regardless of the outcome of the discussions, we guarantee support for > >the stable/12 branch for at least 18 months, or at least 6 months after > >13.0 is released, whichever is later. Again, these are minimum > >durations for the stable/12 branch support and they will not be reduced. > > > >After these discussions are complete, there will be a revised statement > >about the stable/12 branch lifetime. > > > >Release Engineering, the Security Team, Port Manager, and the Core Team > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-security@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-security > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-security-unsubscribe@freebsd.or= g" >=20 --TB36FDmn/VVEgNH/ Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJcAc1yAAoJEKzQXbSebgfAKI8H/1zPX6v5uXqCKG8GJU5An83y fdpfgLLZ0FneXD/OMUpmfDEhql3r61igOGf6oujNodaftzucoQ2I6SAZG9Yh2UYF UDpY6U++CMNDkXjy7xnwM5YXlVjLO+PPgs7fHEoMjj/yfsFkxRgNTl9jV3o0vre7 QiKYYrlKZ89O0o/tIjmHSMDyc3rp/IO4wYeI9WlmNcKHb+oBlMjyfazVR+7v3M6D 083ErRux6EsApxUcTfATqkmVWJ3ST3XFhkZHDh2PJEfb4Di4VCvKFrWkCC9yd/2V jO6nZmbiPB9pBV79SPV0ARlJEh/fT5R+7EqPdPPn4K6GYv6fp7mz0AbMVwL85Sw= =B45r -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --TB36FDmn/VVEgNH/--
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