Date: Wed, 2 Apr 2008 14:11:41 -0500 From: "Chris Kesler" <kesl0001@rigel4.net> To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Subject: Re: freebsd-security Digest, Vol 246, Issue 1 Message-ID: <f58884a50804021211t327a3da8y49885d3be3c6a012@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20080402120028.9A2F3106568D@hub.freebsd.org> References: <20080402120028.9A2F3106568D@hub.freebsd.org>
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Here's another project for us. We'll want to upgrade to 6.3-RELEASE in May. On Wed, Apr 2, 2008 at 7:00 AM, <freebsd-security-request@freebsd.org> wrote: > Send freebsd-security mailing list submissions to > freebsd-security@freebsd.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-security > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > freebsd-security-request@freebsd.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > freebsd-security-owner@freebsd.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of freebsd-security digest..." > > Today's Topics: > > 1. HEADS UP: FreeBSD 5.5, 6.1, and 6.2 EoLs coming soon > (FreeBSD Security Officer) > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: FreeBSD Security Officer <cperciva@freebsd.org> > To: freebsd security <freebsd-security@freebsd.org>, FreeBSD Stable <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> > Date: Tue, 01 Apr 2008 12:47:06 -0400 > Subject: HEADS UP: FreeBSD 5.5, 6.1, and 6.2 EoLs coming soon > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Hello Everyone, > > On May 31st, FreeBSD 5.5, FreeBSD 6.1, and FreeBSD 6.2 will have reached > their End of Life and will no longer be supported by the FreeBSD Security > Team. Since FreeBSD 5.5 is the last remaining supported release from the > FreeBSD 5.x stable branch, support for the FreeBSD 5.x stable branch will > also cease at the same point. Users of any of these FreeBSD releases are > strongly encouraged to upgrade to either FreeBSD 6.3 or FreeBSD 7.0 before > that date. > > Please note that the End of Life dates for FreeBSD 5.5 and FreeBSD 6.1 > were announced in May 2006; and the End of Life for FreeBSD 6.2, which > was originally announced as January 31, 2008, has been extended by four > months in order to allow time for users to upgrade. > > The FreeBSD Ports Management Team wishes to inform users that May 31st (the > security team's End-Of-Support date for FreeBSD 5.x) will also be the end > of support for the Ports Collection on both 5.5-RELEASE and the 5-STABLE > branch. Neither the infrastructure nor individual ports are guaranteed to > work on these FreeBSD versions after that date. A CVS tag will be created > for users who cannot upgrade for some reason; as of that commit, these users > are advised to stop tracking the latest ports CVS repository and instead > stay with the version as of that tag. > > The current supported branches and expected EoL dates are: > > +---------------------------------------------------------------------+ > | Branch | Release | Type | Release date | Estimated EoL | > |-----------+------------+--------+-----------------+-----------------| > |RELENG_5 |n/a |n/a |n/a |May 31, 2008 | > |-----------+------------+--------+-----------------+-----------------| > |RELENG_5_5 |5.5-RELEASE |Extended|May 25, 2006 |May 31, 2008 | > |-----------+------------+--------+-----------------+-----------------| > |RELENG_6 |n/a |n/a |n/a |last release + 2y| > |-----------+------------+--------+-----------------+-----------------| > |RELENG_6_1 |6.1-RELEASE |Extended|May 9, 2006 |May 31, 2008 | > |---------------------------------------------------------------------| > |RELENG_6_2 |6.2-RELEASE |Normal |January 15, 2007 |May 31, 2008 | > |---------------------------------------------------------------------| > |RELENG_6_3 |6.3-RELEASE |Extended|January 18, 2008 |January 31, 2010 | > |---------------------------------------------------------------------| > |RELENG_7 |n/a |n/a |n/a |last release + 2y| > |-----------+------------+--------+-----------------+-----------------| > |RELENG_7_0 |7.0-RELEASE |Normal |February 27, 2008|February 28, 2009| > +---------------------------------------------------------------------+ > > Colin Percival > FreeBSD Security Officer > > P.S. For clarity, this is NOT an April Fool's joke. > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (FreeBSD) > > iD8DBQFH8mcKFdaIBMps37IRAjHXAJ9d8S7/4jP67tYi3Xei50lAaLKOdgCdEzk7 > g/0WMldtV+8+zNySWP55/YQ= > =osJi > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-security@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-security > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-security-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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