Date: Thu, 05 Jun 2008 10:41:33 -0400 From: Chris Marlatt <cmarlatt@rxsec.com> To: Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.org> 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: <4847FB1D.1050400@rxsec.com> In-Reply-To: <4847F814.10409@FreeBSD.org> 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> <4847F814.10409@FreeBSD.org>
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Kris Kennaway wrote: > 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 I do actually - and when was the last release that was support for such a duration of time,.. 4.11? As of recent the longest I've seen has been 24 months with others being only 12. Regards, Chrishome | help
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