From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jun 15 12:10:32 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (unknown [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 82123106566C for ; Fri, 15 Jun 2012 12:10:32 +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 06F738FC12 for ; Fri, 15 Jun 2012 12:10:31 +0000 (UTC) Received: by bkvi18 with SMTP id i18so2858446bkv.13 for ; Fri, 15 Jun 2012 05:10:30 -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=fM2HNpax4vbBJBbBPQ1l9D5erT4xmHKzSSzOwJGqkpA=; b=0Vv64pXCgY7N0Vgzvn9jRF3MrIxobXupuw7fXWOfH/zhDrdcPKGgQr6yF21K3nl8Id Nq30k8iccOLGC87BmpMFKFPhB+aRMiKwLtAcSa9JyjIbpqd9xuZ4/qI5MiVm+JzdN5oq VaK7K2Ut4tjHgKSzs67jG5dmmRRYvPgeH32tKzMvrtbLnOICQoxkO2LkwZsoFWfbA3pR G7plH7myeF3dSw8mwnbEQrY84mwmWJl3k26+3gsrTGxe0RJnvdwu0gjsiepT0T1RFRuq nSUlt7vJ25nFUbeSdt2/0q7rILcKNO1lyMPWThSWatYT36tZoNw8qt6PvfH85GeT8zc0 FG/A== MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.204.156.69 with SMTP id v5mr2713951bkw.133.1339762230808; Fri, 15 Jun 2012 05:10:30 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.204.171.138 with HTTP; Fri, 15 Jun 2012 05:10:30 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.204.171.138 with HTTP; Fri, 15 Jun 2012 05:10:30 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20120615083903.GB99709@aspire.rulingia.com> References: <4FD9A0E2.9010101@my.gd> <20120615083903.GB99709@aspire.rulingia.com> Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2012 13:10:30 +0100 Message-ID: From: Chris Rees To: Peter Jeremy 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: Fri, 15 Jun 2012 12:10:32 -0000 On Jun 15, 2012 9:39 AM, "Peter Jeremy" wrote: > > 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. Of course not. The fear that this whole thread is about the possibility of EoL this year or soon; the OP wants support for longer. Chris