From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Dec 21 11:34:52 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 29D1C16A501 for ; Thu, 21 Dec 2006 11:34:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cperciva@freebsd.org) Received: from rm-rstar.sfu.ca (spamdamme.sfu.ca [142.58.101.10]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E7BB713C497 for ; Thu, 21 Dec 2006 11:34:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cperciva@freebsd.org) Received: from hexahedron.daemonology.net (cperciva@fraser.sfu.ca [142.58.101.25]) by rm-rstar.sfu.ca (8.13.6/8.13.4/SFU-5.0H) with SMTP id kBL6ZPOI006450 for ; Wed, 20 Dec 2006 22:35:26 -0800 (PST) X-Spam-Level: Spam-Level Received: (qmail 3830 invoked from network); 21 Dec 2006 06:35:01 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO ?127.0.0.1?) (127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 21 Dec 2006 06:35:01 -0000 Message-ID: <458A2B14.5070009@freebsd.org> Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2006 22:35:00 -0800 From: Colin Percival User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.8 (X11/20061207) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: John Smith References: <000801c723bb$efc2b540$260ba8c0@wii.wintecind.com> In-Reply-To: <000801c723bb$efc2b540$260ba8c0@wii.wintecind.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.94.0.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: by antibody.sfu.ca running antivirus scanner Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Possibility for FreeBSD 4.11 Extended Support X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2006 11:34:52 -0000 John Smith wrote: > Support for FreeBSD 4.11 is going to end sometime in late January. > Originally, FreeBSD 6.2 was supposed to be released back in October. This > would have given everyone about 3 months to stress test everything and > migrate all their boxes from 4.11 direct to 6.2. You've had three months to stress test 6.2-BETA1, 6.2-BETA2, 6.2-BETA3, and 6.2-RC1. We release these for a reason, you know. > Now it is near the end of > December, and FreeBSD 6.2 RC2 has yet to be seen anywhere. Chances are that > FreeBSD 6.2 Release will come out earliest mid-January. This does not give > much time for people to migrate to the newest FreeBSD release. I think it > would be fair if support is extended for a few more months especially since > 6.2 is so late in coming. Your opinion has been noted. Colin Percival