Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2012 08:17:39 -0600 From: dweimer <dweimer@dweimer.net> To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: WARNING: FreeBSD 9.0-RELEASE is approaching its End-of-Life date. Message-ID: <85fcd1a44b05333bf97fa90f249239d9@dweimer.net> In-Reply-To: <20121115225711.3cd8b952c68e1bcc67d08977@d2ux.net> References: <20121115225711.3cd8b952c68e1bcc67d08977@d2ux.net>
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On 2012-11-15 15:57, Matthias Petermann wrote: > Hello, > > from a freshly installed FreeBSD 9.0-RELEASE I did a freebsd-update > to bring > it to the latest patch level. > > After: > > # freebsd-update fetch > > I got this message: > > WARNING: FreeBSD 9.0-RELEASE is approaching its End-of-Life date. > It is strongly recommended that you upgrade to a newer > release within the next 2 months. > > What does this exactly mean? Is the whole 9.0 Series approaching EOL, > or > does this only apply to the initial 9.0-RELEASE _AND NOT_ to e.g. > 9.0-RELEASE-p3 ? > > Where can I find more information on the planned lifecycles of the > current > and upcoming releases? Are there any? > > Thanks & kind regards > > Matthias Its all on the website, Current Release Information: http://www.freebsd.org/releases/ Release engineering Information: http://www.freebsd.org/releng/ Next release information: http://www.freebsd.org/releases/9.1R/schedule.html Its running a touch behind (11-12-2012 was target release announcement), but I am glad they prefer to do it right rather than on time. FreeBSD 9.0-RElEASE-p4 is actually current, but I believe the p4 doesn't show up unless you do a build world. -- Thanks, Dean E. Weimer http://www.dweimer.net/
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