From owner-freebsd-security Wed Feb 16 10: 6:17 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Received: from builder.freebsd.org (builder.FreeBSD.ORG [204.216.27.24]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D8C9B37B51E for ; Wed, 16 Feb 2000 10:06:14 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from wes@softweyr.com) Received: from ind.alcatel.com (postal.xylan.com [208.8.0.248]) by builder.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 20DDE132DE for ; Wed, 16 Feb 2000 10:05:38 -0800 (PST) Received: from mailhub.xylan.com (mailhub [198.206.181.70]) by ind.alcatel.com (8.9.3+Sun/8.9.1 (ind.alcatel.com 3.0 [OUT])) with SMTP id KAA18144; Wed, 16 Feb 2000 10:05:34 -0800 (PST) X-Origination-Site: Received: from omni.xylan.com by mailhub.xylan.com (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4 (mailhub 2.1 [HUB])) id KAA29600; Wed, 16 Feb 2000 10:05:33 -0800 Received: from softweyr.com (dyn2.utah.xylan.com [198.206.184.238]) by omni.xylan.com (8.9.3+Sun/8.9.1 (Xylan engr [SPOOL])) with ESMTP id KAA24581; Wed, 16 Feb 2000 10:05:31 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <38AAE878.C26E278F@softweyr.com> Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 11:12:08 -0700 From: Wes Peters Organization: Softweyr LLC X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7 [en] (X11; U; FreeBSD 3.3-RELEASE i386) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Richard Wackerbarth Cc: Warner Losh , freebsd-security@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Why should I upgrade from 2.2.8 to 3.4 References: <200002160926.CAA09916@harmony.village.org> <00021604155000.08535@nomad.dataplex.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Richard Wackerbarth wrote: > > On Wed, 16 Feb 2000, Warner Losh wrote: > > Kris Kennaway writes: > > : Security problems still get fixed, but you're unlikely to be able to get > > > > Security problems still *SOMETIMES* get fixed in 2.2.x. They don't always. > > Perhaps there needs to be a more emphatic public posting to the effect that > 2.2.x is "moldy" and supported only to the extent that the few remaining users > of this system contribute patches. Unless they have COMPELLING reasons to remain > with 2.2.x, all users SHOULD UPGRADE to 3.4. And this coming from the 2.x "keeper of the flame." Yes, 2.2.8 should carry a warning label of some sort. -- "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?" Wes Peters Softweyr LLC wes@softweyr.com http://softweyr.com/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message