From owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Tue May 5 18:46:51 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DDE87106564A for ; Tue, 5 May 2009 18:46:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from delphij@delphij.net) Received: from tarsier.delphij.net (delphij-pt.tunnel.tserv2.fmt.ipv6.he.net [IPv6:2001:470:1f03:2c9::2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7FC288FC0A for ; Tue, 5 May 2009 18:46:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from delphij@delphij.net) Received: from tarsier.geekcn.org (tarsier.geekcn.org [211.166.10.233]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-CAMELLIA256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by tarsier.delphij.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A8E225C06F for ; Wed, 6 May 2009 02:46:50 +0800 (CST) Received: from localhost (tarsier.geekcn.org [211.166.10.233]) by tarsier.geekcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 40C8955D16BF; Wed, 6 May 2009 02:46:50 +0800 (CST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at geekcn.org Received: from tarsier.geekcn.org ([211.166.10.233]) by localhost (mail.geekcn.org [211.166.10.233]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 4D8+Xe3i0lM9; Wed, 6 May 2009 02:45:56 +0800 (CST) Received: from charlie.delphij.net (adsl-76-237-33-62.dsl.pltn13.sbcglobal.net [76.237.33.62]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by tarsier.geekcn.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id EDBCC55D16C5; Wed, 6 May 2009 02:45:49 +0800 (CST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; s=default; d=delphij.net; c=nofws; q=dns; h=message-id:date:from:reply-to:organization:user-agent: mime-version:to:cc:subject:references:in-reply-to: x-enigmail-version:openpgp:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=m3XuQ2DS4b3zST98M5p1kheBr9DErSAjzOO7t49zte0GiNHD+aAyLDIpbHx0LEAJ+ t/4d/poPTFZ3wkoCfIEwA== Message-ID: <4A00894B.1050105@delphij.net> Date: Tue, 05 May 2009 11:45:31 -0700 From: Xin LI Organization: The FreeBSD Project User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.21 (X11/20090408) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: spellberg_robert References: <200905051435.n45EZfTM073891@lurza.secnetix.de> <867i0vpmgk.fsf@ds4.des.no> <4A00651F.40208@emailrob.com> In-Reply-To: <4A00651F.40208@emailrob.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.7 OpenPGP: id=18EDEBA0; url=http://www.delphij.net/delphij.asc Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Cc: fbsd_chat Subject: Re: End of Life is Meaningless X-BeenThere: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: d@delphij.net List-Id: Non technical items related to the community List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 05 May 2009 18:46:52 -0000 -----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 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 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-----