From owner-freebsd-security@freebsd.org Fri Nov 30 23:53:25 2018 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-security@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1DD25115384E for ; Fri, 30 Nov 2018 23:53:25 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from brooks@spindle.one-eyed-alien.net) Received: from spindle.one-eyed-alien.net (spindle.one-eyed-alien.net [199.48.129.229]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 856CC7D26A for ; Fri, 30 Nov 2018 23:53:24 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from brooks@spindle.one-eyed-alien.net) Received: by spindle.one-eyed-alien.net (Postfix, from userid 3001) id 735943C475F; Fri, 30 Nov 2018 23:53:23 +0000 (UTC) Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2018 23:53:23 +0000 From: Brooks Davis To: Roger Marquis Cc: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Interim support guarantee for FreeBSD 12 Message-ID: <20181130235323.GA20608@spindle.one-eyed-alien.net> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="TB36FDmn/VVEgNH/" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.9.4 (2018-02-28) X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 856CC7D26A X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-7.56 / 15.00]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-1.00)[-1.000,0]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; TO_DN_SOME(0.00)[]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-1.00)[-1.000,0]; MIME_GOOD(-0.20)[multipart/signed,text/plain]; DMARC_NA(0.00)[freebsd.org]; AUTH_NA(1.00)[]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_SOME(0.00)[]; MX_GOOD(-0.01)[cached: spindle.one-eyed-alien.net]; RCPT_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2]; NEURAL_HAM_SHORT(-0.99)[-0.994,0]; R_SPF_NA(0.00)[]; SIGNED_PGP(-2.00)[]; FORGED_SENDER(0.30)[brooks@freebsd.org,brooks@spindle.one-eyed-alien.net]; R_DKIM_NA(0.00)[]; RCVD_TLS_LAST(0.00)[]; ASN(0.00)[asn:36236, ipnet:199.48.128.0/22, country:US]; FROM_NEQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[brooks@freebsd.org,brooks@spindle.one-eyed-alien.net]; IP_SCORE(-3.66)[ip: (-9.51), ipnet: 199.48.128.0/22(-4.76), asn: 36236(-3.92), country: US(-0.09)]; RCVD_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2] X-Rspamd-Server: mx1.freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-security@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: "Security issues \[members-only posting\]" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2018 23:53:25 -0000 --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 > >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/--