Date: Thu, 04 Feb 2010 11:00:24 -0800 From: FreeBSD Security Officer <cperciva@freebsd.org> To: freebsd security <freebsd-security@freebsd.org>, FreeBSD Stable <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: FreeBSD supported branches update Message-ID: <4B6B1948.4040408@freebsd.org>
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hello Everyone, The branches supported by the FreeBSD Security Officer have been updated to reflect the EoL (end-of-life) of FreeBSD 6.3. The new list is below and at <URL: http://security.freebsd.org/ >. Users of FreeBSD 6.3 are advised to upgrade promptly to a newer release, either by downloading an updated source tree and building updates manually, or (for i386 and amd64 systems) using the FreeBSD Update utility as described in the relevant release announcement. [Excerpt from http://security.freebsd.org/ follows] FreeBSD Security Advisories The FreeBSD Security Officer provides security advisories for several branches of FreeBSD development. These are the -STABLE Branches and the Security Branches. (Advisories are not issued for the -CURRENT Branch.) * The -STABLE branch tags have names like RELENG_7. The corresponding builds have names like FreeBSD 7.0-STABLE. * Each FreeBSD Release has an associated Security Branch. The Security Branch tags have names like RELENG_7_0. The corresponding builds have names like FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE-p1. Isses affecting the FreeBSD Ports Collection are covered in the FreeBSD VuXML document. Each branch is supported by the Security Officer for a limited time only, and is designated as one of `Early adopter', `Normal', or `Extended'. The designation is used as a guideline for determining the lifetime of the branch as follows. Early adopter Releases which are published from the -CURRENT branch will be supported by the Security Officer for a minimum of 6 months after the release. Normal Releases which are published from a -STABLE branch will be supported by the Security Officer for a minimum of 12 months after the release, and for sufficient additional time (if needed) to ensure that there is a newer release for at least 3 months before the older Normal release expires. Extended Selected releases (normally every second release plus the last release from each -STABLE branch) will be supported by the Security Officer for a minimum of 24 months after the release, and for sufficient additional time (if needed) to ensure that there is a newer Extended release for at least 3 months before the older Extended release expires. The current designation and estimated lifetimes of the currently supported branches are given below. The Estimated EoL (end-of-life) column gives the earliest date on which that branch is likely to be dropped. Please note that these dates may be extended into the future, but only extenuating circumstances would lead to a branch's support being dropped earlier than the date listed. +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Branch | Release | Type | Release date | Estimated EoL | |-----------+-----------+--------+-----------------+-----------------| |RELENG_6 |n/a |n/a |n/a |November 30, 2010| |-----------+-----------+--------+-----------------+-----------------| |RELENG_6_4 |6.4-RELEASE|Extended|November 28, 2008|November 30, 2010| |-----------+-----------+--------+-----------------+-----------------| |RELENG_7 |n/a |n/a |n/a |last release + 2y| |-----------+-----------+--------+-----------------+-----------------| |RELENG_7_1 |7.1-RELEASE|Extended|January 4, 2009 |January 31, 2011 | |-----------+-----------+--------+-----------------+-----------------| |RELENG_7_2 |7.2-RELEASE|Normal |May 4, 2009 |May 31, 2010 | |-----------+-----------+--------+-----------------+-----------------| |RELENG_8 |n/a |n/a |n/a |last release + 2y| |-----------+-----------+--------+-----------------+-----------------| |RELENG_8_0 |8.0-RELEASE|Extended|November 25, 2009|November 30, 2010| +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ [End excerpt] The upcoming FreeBSD 7.3-RELEASE will receive Extended support, i.e., it will be supported until early 2012. - -- Colin Percival Security Officer, FreeBSD | freebsd.org | The power to serve Founder / author, Tarsnap | tarsnap.com | Online backups for the truly paranoid -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAktrGFwACgkQFdaIBMps37JxjACfcgWacpfcPj94zP4NtsvF6rWp TiUAmwbfcPuFiKaSsZvxkncYo/DNXzpm =yIFR -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- Colin Percival Security Officer, FreeBSD | freebsd.org | The power to serve Founder / author, Tarsnap | tarsnap.com | Online backups for the truly paranoid
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