Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2008 08:21:31 -0700 From: Freddie Cash <fjwcash@gmail.com> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Upcoming Releases Schedule... Message-ID: <200809180821.32188.fjwcash@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <658B8861-1E78-4767-8D3D-8B79CC0BD45F@netconsonance.com> References: <1219409496.10487.22.camel@bauer.cse.buffalo.edu> <alpine.BSF.1.10.0809180022580.13100@fledge.watson.org> <658B8861-1E78-4767-8D3D-8B79CC0BD45F@netconsonance.com>
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Maybe I'm missing something here, but it seems like Jo just wants to argue= =20 for the sake of arguing. =46irst Jo wrote: >No other answer. =A0But nobody has yet provided what the EoL period is =A0 >going to be. =A0I have no problems with a period being extended ;-) =A0But= =A0 >the business needs to know the minimum EoL for a given release to =A0 >determine if upgrading to that release is viable. To which Robert Watson replied, giving the minimums asked for: >Well, a starting answer is the policy found on=20 >http://security.FreeBSD.org/:=20 >Early adopter >=A0 =A0Releases which are published from the -CURRENT branch will be=20 >=A0 =A0supported by=20 >=A0 =A0the Security Officer for a minimum of 6 months after the release.=20 > >Normal >=A0 =A0Releases which are published from a -STABLE branch will be supporte= d=20 >=A0 =A0by the=A0Security Officer for a minimum of 12 months after the rele= ase. > >Extended >=A0 =A0Selected releases will be supported by the Security Officer for a=20 >=A0 =A0minimum of=A024 months after the release. And yet Jo completely ignored that, and focused in on something completely= =20 unrelated: > I am amazed at the preposterously large elephant in the room that none > of you are willing to address. Watching each of you dance around it > would be terribly funny if it didn't affect my job so badly. (and if > I wasn't going to have to bail on FreeBSD and go to some crap form of > Linux because the FreeBSD developers appear to be unwilling to > consider the idea of getting more help) Jo: You know the minimum support period for each release, before it is=20 released. You know what the earliest EoL time will be for each release=20 as it is released. What more do you want? =2D-=20 =46reddie Cash fjwcash@gmail.com
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