Date: Sat, 7 Jun 2008 15:02:05 -0700 From: Jo Rhett <jrhett@netconsonance.com> To: Kostik Belousov <kostikbel@gmail.com> Cc: Adrian Chadd <adrian@freebsd.org>, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, Paul Schmehl <pschmehl_lists_nada@tx.rr.com> Subject: Re: challenge: end of life for 6.2 is premature with buggy 6.3 Message-ID: <3FF6BF7B-F3C6-486C-B482-1FA1D900CC47@netconsonance.com> In-Reply-To: <20080607085607.GM94309@deviant.kiev.zoral.com.ua> References: <6010676B-91B0-4AF8-ACF8-039A59B29331@netconsonance.com> <200806050248.59229.max@love2party.net> <B9B83C12-7130-490D-A4BE-0469711B24DC@netconsonance.com> <20080605083907.GD1028@server.vk2pj.dyndns.org> <902E9703E6E50776A17E9F92@utd65257.utdallas.edu> <20080605220244.GP1028@server.vk2pj.dyndns.org> <34E9F0D46D7B9F45EDA38F4C@utd65257.utdallas.edu> <86tzg6aeye.fsf@ds4.des.no> <5B0709D83455470DA46533C4@Macintosh.local> <d763ac660806062341lf4cb4c7rfdd9276077940640@mail.gmail.com> <20080607085607.GM94309@deviant.kiev.zoral.com.ua>
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On Jun 7, 2008, at 1:56 AM, Kostik Belousov wrote: > Comparing us with, e.g., Solaris, we would not find a lot of > difference > in the support model. Althought they formally provide patches for Huh? I'm totally not saying that you should be trying to match the support model of a large corporation, this statement is outright wrong. I can still get security patches for Solaris 2.8 which shipped almost 6 years ago now. Again, I'm not saying that 6 years is reasonable for FreeBSD - just pointing out that the statement is invalid. -- Jo Rhett Net Consonance : consonant endings by net philanthropy, open source and other randomness
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