From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jun 14 11:48:21 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F1291106564A for ; Thu, 14 Jun 2012 11:48:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from utisoft@gmail.com) Received: from mail-bk0-f54.google.com (mail-bk0-f54.google.com [209.85.214.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 71D108FC14 for ; Thu, 14 Jun 2012 11:48:20 +0000 (UTC) Received: by bkvi18 with SMTP id i18so1687349bkv.13 for ; Thu, 14 Jun 2012 04:48:19 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=21W0HttHFNbYTTUfU05O/cQRHSkaHe7WJQxpVzVx+LE=; b=icXVkhLGWGWRYHrBzf/JY4/g0DLDPIoZ4DKmySel+uf/MDLnH8c2e7k4N7tzADbcSF KLA1X05awryX4vXkSdkQ47QCJU/Kfv/Ryr1XayXWFMFVmRxuzuLfr7fnfUFsSSLDU9/C Otqvee1iOOY5OW+QgIF4HhungpOBrYE0S3diyv5c5FWorOWwGNiX9QCcHN7PXH+LBcNu cvLATHe2KuI/T+vTrGs4ZDuUYgYgR1a99F/OFCRlMFVAKrvg16XQ79ZRTf08TNzvItwq jF/II4f51JoNFx2pzHAVC7++v/ClpZyTFlqQzC/XoUi8ImbJXRY6rBTyUiL4VzC75omi DzDg== MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.205.117.3 with SMTP id fk3mr838276bkc.136.1339674499403; Thu, 14 Jun 2012 04:48:19 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.204.171.138 with HTTP; Thu, 14 Jun 2012 04:48:19 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.204.171.138 with HTTP; Thu, 14 Jun 2012 04:48:19 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <4FD9A0E2.9010101@my.gd> References: <4FD9A0E2.9010101@my.gd> Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2012 12:48:19 +0100 Message-ID: From: Chris Rees To: Damien Fleuriot Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Upcoming release schedule - 8.4 ? X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2012 11:48:21 -0000 On Jun 14, 2012 9:30 AM, "Damien Fleuriot" wrote: > > On 6/14/12 9:09 AM, Chris Rees wrote: > > On Jun 14, 2012 5:52 AM, "Wojciech Puchar" < wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> > > wrote: > >>> > >>> Friends, > >>> > >>> I am looking at the upcoming release schedule, and I only see 9.1 listed > > - can anyone confirm or deny 8.4 ? > >> > >> > >> does it matter. cvsup RELENG_8 and you see updates are done constantly. > >> just sometime somebody decide to change number :) > > > > Except STABLE is no good for production, and the problem is EoL- updates > > and support stop. > > > > Chris > > Whoever said STABLE is no good for production ? > > I used to make us stick to 8.2-RELEASE here at work, but some bugfixes > are just too important to skip (we're running firewalls and had a > problem with a CARP bug). > > > I've moved us to 8.3-STABLE recently and am quite happy with it, so far. Too strong wording perhaps; but you can't claim that an EOL stable branch will have the level of support afforded to live branches. That was supposed to be my point, as Mark has also explained. Chris