Date: Tue, 7 Oct 2014 18:32:23 +0000 (UTC) From: Dag-Erling Smørgrav <des@FreeBSD.org> To: doc-committers@freebsd.org, svn-doc-all@freebsd.org, svn-doc-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r45733 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/security Message-ID: <201410071832.s97IWNDA041214@svn.freebsd.org>
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Author: des Date: Tue Oct 7 18:32:22 2014 New Revision: 45733 URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/45733 Log: - Change "Estimated EoL" to "Expected EoL". - Rephrase the explanation for the EoL table. Most significantly, remove any suggestion that we may terminate a release earlier than the announced date. - Remove all mention of "early adopter" releases. We've only ever had one, and that was more than ten years ago. - Mention that BETA and RC releases are supported for a few weeks "as resources permit". Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/security/security.xml Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/security/security.xml ============================================================================== --- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/security/security.xml Tue Oct 7 15:42:24 2014 (r45732) +++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/security/security.xml Tue Oct 7 18:32:22 2014 (r45733) @@ -52,13 +52,11 @@ <a name="sup"></a> <h2>Supported FreeBSD releases</h2> - <p>The current designation and estimated lifetimes of the currently - supported branches are given below. The <em>Estimated EoL - (end-of-life)</em> 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.</p> + <p>The designation and expected lifetime of all currently supported + branches are given below. The <em>Expected EoL (end-of-life)</em> + column indicates the earliest date on which support for that + branch or release will end. Please note that these dates may be + pushed back if circumstances warrant it.</p> <!-- Please also update head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/releng/index.xml @@ -70,7 +68,7 @@ <th>Release</th> <th>Type</th> <th>Release Date</th> - <th>Estimated EoL</th> + <th>Expected EoL</th> </tr> <tr> <td>stable/8</td> @@ -174,16 +172,11 @@ document</a>.</p> <p>Each branch is supported by the Security Officer for a limited - time only, and is designated as one of `<em>Early adopter</em>', - `<em>Normal</em>', or `<em>Extended</em>'. The designation is - used as a guideline for determining the lifetime of the branch as - follows.</p> + time only, and is designated as either <em>Normal</em> or + <em>Extended</em>. The designation is used as a guideline for + determining the lifetime of the branch as follows:</p> <dl> - <dt>Early adopter</dt> - <dd>Releases which are published from the -CURRENT branch will be - supported by the Security Officer for a minimum of 6 months after - the release.</dd> <dt>Normal</dt> <dd>Releases which are published from a -STABLE branch will be supported by the Security Officer for a minimum of 12 months after the @@ -201,5 +194,10 @@ </dd> </dl> + <p>In the run-up to a Normal or Extended release, a number of -BETA + and -RC releases may be published. These releases are only + supported for a few weeks, as resources permit, and will not be + listed as supported on this page. Users are strongly discouraged + from running these releases on production systems.</p> </body> </html>
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