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Subject: Re: [fbsd] HEADS UP: FreeBSD 5.3, 5.4, 6.0 EoLs coming soon
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> I realize that resources to keep chasing this stuff are in limited supply, 
> but if you solicit the opinion of the community, I'd bet that more people 
> would rather see 4.x support continue than 5.x support.
> 
> I know that it would be a violation of the stated policy, but I think that 
> supporting 4.x and 6.x over the next year would benefit way more people 
> than the current plan of supporting 5.x and 6.x and eol'ing 4.x.

Yes, fully agreed. I'd much rather have longer support for 4.x than 5.x.

We still have lots of machines running 4.11 here.

Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sthaug@nethelp.no