Date: Tue, 05 May 2009 11:45:31 -0700 From: Xin LI <delphij@delphij.net> To: spellberg_robert <emailrob@emailrob.com> Cc: fbsd_chat <freebsd-chat@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: End of Life is Meaningless Message-ID: <4A00894B.1050105@delphij.net> In-Reply-To: <4A00651F.40208@emailrob.com> References: <200905051435.n45EZfTM073891@lurza.secnetix.de> <867i0vpmgk.fsf@ds4.des.no> <4A00651F.40208@emailrob.com>
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 spellberg_robert wrote: > right now, all i want to know is: > > q: will 6.4 be the_last_of_the_sixes ? At this point, I'd say that it's very likely that 6.4 is the last of the 6.x release. The current EoL date has been set on November 30, 2010. > or > > q: now that it is nearly six months after_the_fact, > is there, still, a non_zero probability that > we will celebrate a "blessed event" named 6.5 ? > > rob > > > > Dag-Erling Smørgrav wrote: >> Oliver Fromme <olli@lurza.secnetix.de> writes: >> >>> Basically, from a security point of view, running EOLed versions of >>> FreeBSD is not a very good idea. Given the fact that the EOL >>> deadlines are announced long in advance, and the fact that updating >>> FreeBSD is quite easy (either via source or via binary update), there >>> are very few valid excuses for staying with an EOLed version. >> >> >> That's the theory. The problem is that there may not be anything to >> upgrade to, because release dates tend to slip. For instance, the >> original EoL date for 6.2 was 2008-01-31, but 6.3 wasn't released until >> 2008-01-18. This was addressed at the last minute by extending 6.2's >> lifetime by four months. >> >> DES > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-chat@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-chat > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-chat-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" - -- Xin LI <delphij@delphij.net> http://www.delphij.net/ FreeBSD - The Power to Serve! -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.11 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkoAiUsACgkQi+vbBBjt66CK8gCfRpcde8rS56DUmbevs6SqlGkt w1MAoJ0gKAQkem7wZK9UDWgEt3rr71Qq =3Qb5 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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