From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jun 15 08:39:11 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 BC098106564A for ; Fri, 15 Jun 2012 08:39:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from peter@rulingia.com) Received: from vps.rulingia.com (host-122-100-2-194.octopus.com.au [122.100.2.194]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2B4F38FC19 for ; Fri, 15 Jun 2012 08:39:10 +0000 (UTC) Received: from server.rulingia.com (c220-239-254-65.belrs5.nsw.optusnet.com.au [220.239.254.65]) by vps.rulingia.com (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id q5F8dA8m080798 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Fri, 15 Jun 2012 18:39:10 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from peter@rulingia.com) X-Bogosity: Ham, spamicity=0.000000 Received: from aspire.rulingia.com (aspire.rulingia.com [192.168.123.161]) by server.rulingia.com (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id q5F8d36N064591 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Fri, 15 Jun 2012 18:39:04 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from peter@rulingia.com) Received: from aspire.rulingia.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by aspire.rulingia.com (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id q5F8d3fs004392 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Fri, 15 Jun 2012 18:39:03 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from peter@aspire.rulingia.com) Received: (from peter@localhost) by aspire.rulingia.com (8.14.5/8.14.5/Submit) id q5F8d3tR004391; Fri, 15 Jun 2012 18:39:03 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from peter) Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2012 18:39:03 +1000 From: Peter Jeremy To: Chris Rees Message-ID: <20120615083903.GB99709@aspire.rulingia.com> References: <4FD9A0E2.9010101@my.gd> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="LpQ9ahxlCli8rRTG" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-PGP-Key: http://www.rulingia.com/keys/peter.pgp User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) 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: Fri, 15 Jun 2012 08:39:11 -0000 --LpQ9ahxlCli8rRTG Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 2012-Jun-14 08:09:30 +0100, Chris Rees wrote: >Except STABLE is no good for production, and the problem is EoL- updates >and support stop. There's nothing stopping you from from running -stable in production. Obviously, you will need to do more extensive testing than you might need to for a -release. As for EoL, all software goes EoL and support for that software stops. FreeBSD releases are typically supported for 4 years - IMO, that's excellent value for money. On 2012-Jun-14 12:48:19 +0100, Chris Rees wrote: >On Jun 14, 2012 9:30 AM, "Damien Fleuriot" wrote: >> 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. You are the only person that is claiming that 8.x is EOL. I have not seen any official announcement to that effect. The absence of an announcement of 8.4-release does not make it EOL. --=20 Peter Jeremy --LpQ9ahxlCli8rRTG Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.19 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAk/a9KcACgkQ/opHv/APuIeOyQCgxOUlCmpN4sBFyEiP+dcW9w9n /bYAnRrDy1mqs8r4yxPVrPgIF1pj4Iyi =AWDR -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --LpQ9ahxlCli8rRTG--