From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jun 14 16:28:26 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D714916A4CE for ; Mon, 14 Jun 2004 16:28:26 +0000 (GMT) Received: from internet.potentialtech.com (h-66-167-251-6.phlapafg.covad.net [66.167.251.6]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A09F843D1F for ; Mon, 14 Jun 2004 16:28:26 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from wmoran@potentialtech.com) Received: from working.potentialtech.com (pa-plum1c-102.pit.adelphia.net [24.53.179.102]) by internet.potentialtech.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1DD5869A71; Mon, 14 Jun 2004 12:28:20 -0400 (EDT) Date: Mon, 14 Jun 2004 12:28:18 -0400 From: Bill Moran To: "duncan brown" Message-Id: <20040614122818.77486266.wmoran@potentialtech.com> In-Reply-To: <50563.192.58.199.188.1087219644.squirrel@192.58.199.188> References: <50563.192.58.199.188.1087219644.squirrel@192.58.199.188> Organization: Potential Technologies X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.9.10 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-portbld-freebsd4.9) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: EOL for FreeBSD releases X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 14 Jun 2004 16:28:27 -0000 "duncan brown" 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