From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue May 9 15:40:16 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DEE1916A7AE for ; Tue, 9 May 2006 15:40:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nalists@scls.lib.wi.us) Received: from mail.scls.lib.wi.us (mail.scls.lib.wi.us [198.150.40.25]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 682EF43D72 for ; Tue, 9 May 2006 15:40:15 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from nalists@scls.lib.wi.us) Received: from [172.26.2.238] ([172.26.2.238]) by mail.scls.lib.wi.us (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id k49FeDAS048104; Tue, 9 May 2006 10:40:13 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from nalists@scls.lib.wi.us) Message-ID: <4460B7D6.9040502@scls.lib.wi.us> Date: Tue, 09 May 2006 10:40:06 -0500 From: Greg Barniskis User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5 (Windows/20051201) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Kris Kennaway References: <44605ED5.8090805@scii.nl> <20060509141943.GA88511@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <20060509141943.GA88511@xor.obsecurity.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: questions@freebsd.org, albi Subject: Re: details about EOL (of FreeBSD 5.4) ? 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: Tue, 09 May 2006 15:40:20 -0000 Kris Kennaway wrote: > On Tue, May 09, 2006 at 11:20:21AM +0200, albi wrote: >> i'm running 5.4 on a few servers, and i wondered till when >> security-updates will be available >> >> http://www.freebsd.org/security/ says that the EOL is estimated may 31 >> 2006, but does that also mean no more security-updates for 5.4 ? > > Yes. [blink blink] I'm not at all opposed to RE@ and security@ making hard decisions and doing whatever is needed to best further the project's goals (so please don't read this as flame bait). But I have to confirm what I just read: 5.4 is EOL before 5.5 is released, and even before 4.11 and 5.3 are EOL? Or is it really the case that the EOL table should list /2007/ for 5.4 (same day as RELENG_5)? If 2006 is accurate, this is registering on me as a significant POLA violation. Very hard to believe this is accurate. If accurate, what list/channel/forum should I have been paying more attention to? PS - many thanks to all RE, security and all other contributors. Testing of 6.1 is indicating all is well for our purposes and hardware. So if 5.4 really is EOL, we'll move forward, just a little quicker than previously planned. -- Greg Barniskis, Computer Systems Integrator South Central Library System (SCLS) Library Interchange Network (LINK) , (608) 266-6348