From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Sep 19 17:13:42 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0D46816A480 for ; Wed, 19 Sep 2007 17:13:42 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from hg@queue.to) Received: from pickle.queue.to (pickle.queue.to [71.180.69.18]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C497713C491 for ; Wed, 19 Sep 2007 17:13:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from hg@queue.to) Received: (qmail 50033 invoked from network); 19 Sep 2007 10:27:00 -0400 Received: from cally.queue.to (172.16.0.6) by pickle.queue.to with ESMTP; 19 Sep 2007 10:27:00 -0400 Message-ID: <46F131B4.6020909@queue.to> Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2007 10:27:00 -0400 From: Howard Goldstein User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 (X11/20070802) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: ulrich@pukruppa.net References: <20070918170558.X79003@tomato.local> <20070919044912.R22958@small> In-Reply-To: <20070919044912.R22958@small> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: End-of-life for my amd64 ? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2007 17:13:42 -0000 P.U.Kruppa wrote: > On Tue, 18 Sep 2007, Charles Bacon wrote: > >> I installed FreeBSD-RELEASE6.2 last January, and wonder if there will be >> a 6.3. Just discovered freebsd-update(8), tried it out, and saw: >> >> WARNING: FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE is approaching its End-of-Life date. >> It is strongly recommended that you upgrade to a newer >> release within the next 4 months. >> >> 1. Now I wonder if I'll have to rebuild my filesystems again when 7.0 >> comes out. ...releases/amd64 contains only 6.1 and 6.2 among the >> ISO images. > Have a look at http://www.freebsd.org/releng/index.html . > There will be at least a 6.3-RELEASE (work hasn't started yet) and 7.0 > will be sort of a non-production beta release. So you will have enough > time before you have to do a a major upgrade. If the PTB are listening please reconsider the time schedule on 6.3 to set a date and emplace it. The xorg version change is wreaking havoc on some of our new guys. I know this has been discussed before but there is evidence of losing people now as the source upgrade is a bridge too far for some. If I can contribute to making it happen someone please shoot me an email.