Date: Thu, 05 Jun 2008 16:28:36 +0200 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.org> To: Chris Marlatt <cmarlatt@rxsec.com> Cc: Jo Rhett <jrhett@netconsonance.com>, Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org>, FreeBSD Stable <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: challenge: end of life for 6.2 is premature with buggy 6.3 Message-ID: <4847F814.10409@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <4847EF62.1070709@rxsec.com> References: <9B7FE91B-9C2E-4732-866C-930AC6022A40@netconsonance.com> <4846D849.2090005@FreeBSD.org> <4846E14C.709@FreeBSD.org> <AC78CAC0-BA7C-4A20-9BEE-E7E37FD225E7@netconsonance.com> <48472CCF.8080101@FreeBSD.org> <4847EF62.1070709@rxsec.com>
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Chris Marlatt wrote: > Kris Kennaway wrote: >> Jo Rhett wrote: >>> On Jun 4, 2008, at 11:39 AM, Kris Kennaway wrote: >>>> Also, it's not like anyone should have been caught by surprise by >>>> the 6.2 EoL; the expiry date has been advertised since the 6.2 >>>> release itself. >>> >>> >>> It has changed multiple times. I keep reviewing and finding 6.3 bugs >>> outstanding, and then observe the EoL get pushed. >>> >>> I'm surprised that it failed to get pushed this time. >>> >> >> I'm sorry that the FreeBSD project failed to conform to your >> expectations. However, I invite you to actually try 6.3 for yourself >> instead of assuming that it will fail. >> >> Kris > > In an effort to potentially find a compromise between those who believe > FreeBSD is EoL'ing previous releases too quickly and those who don't. > Have those in a position to set FreeBSD release schedules debated the > option of setting a long term support release, a specific release picked > by the team to be support for,.. 4 or 5 years? Other projects have done > this will relative success and considering the "only" work required for > this release would be security patches the work load should be > minimized. Hopefully something like this could free up more time for the > FreeBSD developers to continue their work on the newer release(s) while > still answering the requests of what seems like quite a few of the > legacy FreeBSD users. Thoughts? > > If this has already been discussed on-list I apologize for beating a > dead horse but I can't recall it bring brought up before. Uh yeah, this has been in place for *years*. Have you actually read the support announcements? They are public ;) Kris
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