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> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
> [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of sp0ng3b0b
> Sent: Friday, January 07, 2005 1:49 PM
> To: questions@freebsd.org
> Subject: How long will 4.x be supported?
>
>
> Given the serious stability issues that *some* users are having with
> 5.3, many are sticking with 4.x for production servers.
>
> Will FreeBSD keep the 4.x line alive for a little while longer? Perhaps
> going into 4.12, 4.13, etc?

http://www.freebsd.org/releases/4.10R/announce.html

Note the line:

"The current plans are for one more FreeBSD 4.X release which will be
FreeBSD 4.11-RELEASE. It is expected the upcoming FreeBSD 5.3 release will
have reached the maturity level most users will be able to migrate to 5.X"

Keep an eye on the release notes for 4.11 when it goes golden.

Ted