Date: Tue, 9 May 2006 12:02:58 -0400 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: Greg Barniskis <nalists@scls.lib.wi.us> Cc: questions@freebsd.org, albi <albi@scii.nl>, Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> Subject: Re: details about EOL (of FreeBSD 5.4) ? Message-ID: <20060509160258.GC89331@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <4460B7D6.9040502@scls.lib.wi.us> References: <44605ED5.8090805@scii.nl> <20060509141943.GA88511@xor.obsecurity.org> <4460B7D6.9040502@scls.lib.wi.us>
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--ZwgA9U+XZDXt4+m+ Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, May 09, 2006 at 10:40:06AM -0500, Greg Barniskis wrote: > 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. >=20 > [blink blink] >=20 > I'm not at all opposed to RE@ and security@ making hard decisions=20 > and doing whatever is needed to best further the project's goals (so=20 > please don't read this as flame bait). But I have to confirm what I=20 > just read: >=20 > 5.4 is EOL before 5.5 is released, and even before 4.11 and 5.3 are=20 > EOL? Or is it really the case that the EOL table should list /2007/=20 > for 5.4 (same day as RELENG_5)? >=20 > If 2006 is accurate, this is registering on me as a significant POLA=20 > violation. Very hard to believe this is accurate. If accurate, what=20 > list/channel/forum should I have been paying more attention to? security@, and the website where this has been announced for a LONG TIME. The policy and rationale is all there. Kris --ZwgA9U+XZDXt4+m+ Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFEYL0yWry0BWjoQKURAqZoAJ0aON0A1uqVi9BEg+f1IZgyZ3xbagCg494u m7vOBaM1uaU8NOAJjx79fm0= =b1wn -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --ZwgA9U+XZDXt4+m+--
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