From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Sep 20 04:30:44 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5161F106566B for ; Sat, 20 Sep 2008 04:30:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jrhett@netconsonance.com) Received: from mail.netconsonance.com (mail.netconsonance.com [198.207.204.4]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 33ABE8FC16 for ; Sat, 20 Sep 2008 04:30:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jrhett@netconsonance.com) Received: from [172.16.12.8] (covad-jrhett.meer.net [209.157.140.144]) (authenticated bits=0) by mail.netconsonance.com (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id m8K4UB4o054570; Fri, 19 Sep 2008 21:30:11 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jrhett@netconsonance.com) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at netconsonance.com X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Spam-Score: -2.41 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.41 tagged_above=-999 required=3.5 tests=[ALL_TRUSTED=-1.44, AWL=-0.970] Message-Id: <4B2A556D-B13D-4B71-819A-F9B23C5685AF@netconsonance.com> From: Jo Rhett To: David N In-Reply-To: <4d7dd86f0809192057s33dfd92fv598488a4c05ada14@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v928.1) Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2008 21:30:11 -0700 References: <658B8861-1E78-4767-8D3D-8B79CC0BD45F@netconsonance.com> <15F15FD1-3C53-4018-8792-BC63289DC4C2@netconsonance.com> <448wtpcikb.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> <34C3D54B-C88C-4C36-B1FE-C07FC27F8CB5@netconsonance.com> <20080920020703.GA82392@phat.za.net> <851F09A2-788D-4343-9E00-A0AB5C3AC063@netconsonance.com> <4d7dd86f0809192057s33dfd92fv598488a4c05ada14@mail.gmail.com> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.928.1) Cc: freebsd-stable Subject: Re: Upcoming Releases Schedule... X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 20 Sep 2008 04:30:44 -0000 On Sep 19, 2008, at 8:57 PM, David N wrote: > How long are you expecting support for a RELENG to last, 1, 2, 3 > years? 5 years? (comparison, Ubuntu LTS is 3 years, security updates) 2 years for each supported branch would be excellent, although I'm open to alternatives. Right now 6.4 will EoL before 6.3 will :-( > Are you after support for a RELENG_X or RELENG_X_Y? > What are you expecting from the support? Security only? Drivers? > Ports? The answer of similar people in this situation might vary. For our needs, security only is fine. Obviously I'd be willing to assist with an effort that tried to provide more support. -- Jo Rhett Net Consonance : consonant endings by net philanthropy, open source and other randomness