Date: Sat, 12 Jul 2014 19:32:18 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman <matthew@FreeBSD.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: freebsd-announce Digest, Vol 517, Issue 1 Message-ID: <53C17F32.6080604@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <1405133780.51915.YahooMailNeo@web193504.mail.sg3.yahoo.com> References: <mailman.73.1405080001.94870.freebsd-announce@freebsd.org> <1405097468.88353.YahooMailNeo@web193504.mail.sg3.yahoo.com> <86mwcfai8h.fsf@nine.des.no> <1405133780.51915.YahooMailNeo@web193504.mail.sg3.yahoo.com>
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This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 4880 and 3156) --EdjfE1xJgqEOXDbFjcONkEr9c7fqO34qm Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 12/07/2014 03:56, Patrick Dung wrote: > But do you find a bit strange with the current support schedule? No -- it's been like that for years. Odd-numbered releases are generally 'extended support' releases, and will outlast the even-numbered release that succeeds them. It's a compromise between providing the support lifetime that various corporate users of FreeBSD want, and not having the resources to support every FreeBSD release for that length of time. Note however that the policy is changing. As announced at BSDCan earlier this year, the support focus has shifted to the major branch (eg '10.x') which is guaranteed at least a 5 year lifetime, but only the latest point release on each branch (eg '10.1-RELEASE') will be supported. This is how the 10.x series and anything subsequent are going to be handled. It can't be applied retroactively to 9.x because that would mean abrogating previously made support guarantees. Cheers, Matthew --=20 Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey --EdjfE1xJgqEOXDbFjcONkEr9c7fqO34qm Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG/MacGPG2 v2.0.20 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ iQJ8BAEBCgBmBQJTwX8zXxSAAAAAAC4AKGlzc3Vlci1mcHJAbm90YXRpb25zLm9w ZW5wZ3AuZmlmdGhob3JzZW1hbi5uZXQ2NTNBNjhCOTEzQTRFNkNGM0UxRTEzMjZC QjIzQUY1MThFMUE0MDEzAAoJELsjr1GOGkATFCMQAJ8qWgIYp11huH58r2G+yVpB /b2f+NKVkmu0fhL2iB0whhU22h0mSZpUCUCvNMf1lecs/V9XlKY+LXtqsupTc14+ gnjdEiLTS/4x6eJQGHqPKb5cDRZDWaYauURBA+08VbbuWppGss5qx1Kw1D8RT2BP CGeOnCeaGZaNRITRi8SiQsk85FeZw5Hj6gE7PtAbNXM7JADSYZWdtZj3JBjtTCts d/fv4zq7ImGWLHD2+zqdaaX8mc/2rbvIz+q/IaIfc4v6UCBw6YKOQ+nGnKSo7QF0 NO1r2o3jmq6EWUIDfcmV9XEaBrkCVEyWdzpFRfCmIXq3/7dDUE7Hr3jSDwfKG2n1 O+gQyVFfWk6tAd688gbxvWM7/HdvZcHTE70WFTU2sX0F50KTzCy4wKy9O35txczl AzObRQrzbj3MB9+ts+ds+Tn3mSoKXaVwF9uIUy+C8dAr53v89xwcnBeImcuvTI6B zybRzB7awFYHNdHzTMcSnOIAbow7zfla2HUPOS5Wo1ycfuH8lcdrUQUTgHuQG5nc Po2QS3bmkFoGiQggSgttiE7HxQhSEwdFxmxhRJ8144ChY2Sn4N5j76ZRlTvQgnZO iGTZZDNeCD/tEc5fqd1e2GIR8cNYbZhQH4KH3huv0yMzsjn+StwKAGp38o12m9Qg Cl7VUMCUWrDMuXfLddQx =CH+j -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --EdjfE1xJgqEOXDbFjcONkEr9c7fqO34qm--
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