Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2020 04:00:18 -0700 From: "@lbutlr" <kremels@kreme.com> To: FreeBSD <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: [FreeBSD-Announce] FreeBSD 12.0 end-of-life Message-ID: <85E7C97E-EF8B-4FC7-8EF1-758B7BCBAE90@kreme.com> In-Reply-To: <CAFYkXjmZi1-MB6W0HsMx9gHek7Xg5heoSKKWkNTnw74dxRTwAw@mail.gmail.com> References: <20200217231452.717FA1E820@freefall.freebsd.org> <CAFYkXjmZi1-MB6W0HsMx9gHek7Xg5heoSKKWkNTnw74dxRTwAw@mail.gmail.com>
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On 17 Feb 2020, at 20:23, Tomasz CEDRO <tomek@cedro.info> wrote: > Why so short End-Of-Life? Why so many fast and short releases? What = for? This was vcovered a few years ago (well, =E2=80=9Cfew=E2=80=9D when the = new timelines were being discussed. > What was wrong with having one well tested stable system for a long = time? The need to ensure systems are running secure software and are not = trivially exploitable. > FreeBSD does not seem to be reliable desktop environment True for ever non-Apple Unix variant. Most (that is to say nearly all) = FreeBSD installs are non0desktop servers. --=20 I WILL NOT CARVE GODS Bart chalkboard Ep. 8F11
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