Date: Fri, 12 May 2006 15:35:39 +0200 From: Erik Trulsson <ertr1013@student.uu.se> To: Chris <chrcoluk@gmail.com> Cc: Kouji Ito <kouji@cty-net.ne.jp>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> Subject: Re: when 5.5 Message-ID: <20060512133539.GA77050@owl.midgard.homeip.net> In-Reply-To: <3aaaa3a0605120556g78e88afn290f25de3ff129eb@mail.gmail.com> References: <c6ef380c0605110116t1955f4f6s6ff981e666f5e4e5@mail.gmail.com> <4462FA0B.2090100@cty-net.ne.jp> <20060511150818.GB69548@xor.obsecurity.org> <8a0028260605110826h13211353rbe374ccc5f5e7ce4@mail.gmail.com> <20060511175135.GA71742@xor.obsecurity.org> <3aaaa3a0605120556g78e88afn290f25de3ff129eb@mail.gmail.com>
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On Fri, May 12, 2006 at 01:56:43PM +0100, Chris wrote: > On 11/05/06, Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> wrote: > >On Thu, May 11, 2006 at 04:26:04PM +0100, Jeff Rollin wrote: > >> Are maintenance releases of old branches always released in step with new > >> ones, or is it just coincidence that it's happening this way this time? > > > >It was deliberate this time to avoid an extra ports freeze cycle, > >since that has very high cost and the benefit is really low since the > >intended audience for 5.5 is small and everyone who can do so will be > >much better off with the enormous benefits of 6. > > > >Kris > > > > > > > > Ahh makes sense to me now, since port freezes are annoying. So there > is no danger of 5.5 been released after 5.4 EOL then? Since the 5.4 EOL date has just been extended by several months I would say that it seems exceedingly unlikely that 5.5 will be released after 5.4 is EOL. -- <Insert your favourite quote here.> Erik Trulsson ertr1013@student.uu.se
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