From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 23 10:34:56 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: current@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 43E9F16A41F; Fri, 23 Dec 2005 10:34:56 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from cperciva@freebsd.org) Received: from pd3mo3so.prod.shaw.ca (shawidc-mo1.cg.shawcable.net [24.71.223.10]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E54D843D69; Fri, 23 Dec 2005 10:34:52 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from cperciva@freebsd.org) Received: from pd2mr4so.prod.shaw.ca (pd2mr4so-qfe3.prod.shaw.ca [10.0.141.107]) by l-daemon (Sun ONE Messaging Server 6.0 HotFix 1.01 (built Mar 15 2004)) with ESMTP id <0IRY00MGD5E3ZK80@l-daemon>; Fri, 23 Dec 2005 03:34:51 -0700 (MST) Received: from pn2ml9so.prod.shaw.ca ([10.0.121.7]) by pd2mr4so.prod.shaw.ca (Sun ONE Messaging Server 6.0 HotFix 1.01 (built Mar 15 2004)) with ESMTP id <0IRY00ICZ5E3U8F0@pd2mr4so.prod.shaw.ca>; Fri, 23 Dec 2005 03:34:51 -0700 (MST) Received: from [192.168.0.60] ([24.87.209.6]) by l-daemon (Sun ONE Messaging Server 6.0 HotFix 1.01 (built Mar 15 2004)) with ESMTP id <0IRY00FCZ5E21D10@l-daemon>; Fri, 23 Dec 2005 03:34:51 -0700 (MST) Date: Fri, 23 Dec 2005 02:34:43 -0800 From: Colin Percival In-reply-to: <20051223100251.GB6049@uk.tiscali.com> To: Brian Candler Message-id: <43ABD2C3.9020301@freebsd.org> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit X-Accept-Language: en-us, en X-Enigmail-Version: 0.93.0.0 References: <43A266E5.3080103@samsco.org> <20051217220021.GB93998@svcolo.com> <20051218023725.GM63497@over-yonder.net> <20051222210904.GH39174@svcolo.com> <20051223030813.GD63497@over-yonder.net> <20051223100251.GB6049@uk.tiscali.com> User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.7 (X11/20051001) Cc: Jo Rhett , stable@freebsd.org, current , "Matthew D. Fuller" Subject: Re: Fast releases demand binary updates.. (Was: Release schedule for 2006) X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 23 Dec 2005 10:34:56 -0000 Brian Candler wrote: > I think the real concern here is: for how long after RELEASE_X_Y are binary > patches for it made available? I build FreeBSD Update patches for all the branches supported by the FreeBSD Security Team. To answer a couple of other questions: FreeBSD Update is something which I _personally_ support; it isn't supported by the _project_, because at the moment there isn't anyone else who could take over running it if I get hit by a bus. Re the long list of requests people have made (starting with "amd64 support" and "make this officially supported by the project"), I'll get to those as soon as I have time. Sadly, I have a pesky thing called "a full time job" and my FreeBSD time has been occupied with portsnap lately. Colin Percival