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Date:      Mon, 14 Jun 2004 12:28:18 -0400
From:      Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com>
To:        "duncan brown" <duncanbrown@duncanbrown.org>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: EOL for FreeBSD releases
Message-ID:  <20040614122818.77486266.wmoran@potentialtech.com>
In-Reply-To: <50563.192.58.199.188.1087219644.squirrel@192.58.199.188>
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"duncan brown" <duncanbrown@duncanbrown.org> wrote:

> Hello,
>   I've been using Linux for about 11 years now, and I'm starting to get
> interested in your distro.
> 
>   The thing is, I can't find anywhere on your site the EOL plan for your
> releases.  I run my own server on Fedora Core, but the EOL schedule is
> too agressive for me to keep this up.
> 
>   I've read a bit of the FAQ, but I'm either blind or I'm too impatient =].
> 
>   Also, what's the method for upgrading from major version to major version?
> 
>   Thanks in advance for your help.

FreeBSD is not Red Hat, and does not have an EOL in the same way that Red Hat
does.

The closest thing I know of is the security teams commitment to providing
patches for new security issues:

http://www.freebsd.org/security/index.html#adv

-- 
Bill Moran
Potential Technologies
http://www.potentialtech.com



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