Date: Sat, 05 Mar 2005 22:08:57 -0800 From: Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org> To: Colin Percival <colin.percival@wadham.ox.ac.uk> Cc: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Heads up: End of RELENG_4_8 support Message-ID: <422A9E79.1090703@elischer.org> In-Reply-To: <42296320.4080303@wadham.ox.ac.uk> References: <42296320.4080303@wadham.ox.ac.uk>
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Colin Percival wrote: > At the end of March, the RELENG_4_8 (sometimes called 4.8-SECURITY) > branch will reach its designated End of Life and cease to be supported > by the FreeBSD Security Team. > Released in April 2003, FreeBSD 4.8 was the first release designated > for "extended" two-year security support instead of the normal one-year > support. Over this time, 27 security advisories have been issued which > have affected FreeBSD 4.8. > It is recommended that all FreeBSD 4.8 users upgrade their systems to > FreeBSD 4.11 before the end of the month. FreeBSD 4.11 has also been > designated for extended support, and will be supported until at least > the end of January 2007. > > After FreeBSD 4.8, the next release End of Life will be for FreeBSD > 4.10, which will cease to be supported at the end of May 2006. > > Colin Percival > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-security@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-security > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-security-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" thanks for holding 4.8 as long as you have..
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