Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2007 10:27:00 -0400 From: Howard Goldstein <hg@queue.to> To: ulrich@pukruppa.net Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: End-of-life for my amd64 ? Message-ID: <46F131B4.6020909@queue.to> In-Reply-To: <20070919044912.R22958@small> References: <20070918170558.X79003@tomato.local> <20070919044912.R22958@small>
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P.U.Kruppa wrote: > On Tue, 18 Sep 2007, Charles Bacon wrote: > >> I installed FreeBSD-RELEASE6.2 last January, and wonder if there will be >> a 6.3. Just discovered freebsd-update(8), tried it out, and saw: >> >> WARNING: FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE is approaching its End-of-Life date. >> It is strongly recommended that you upgrade to a newer >> release within the next 4 months. >> >> 1. Now I wonder if I'll have to rebuild my filesystems again when 7.0 >> comes out. ...releases/amd64 contains only 6.1 and 6.2 among the >> ISO images. > Have a look at http://www.freebsd.org/releng/index.html . > There will be at least a 6.3-RELEASE (work hasn't started yet) and 7.0 > will be sort of a non-production beta release. So you will have enough > time before you have to do a a major upgrade. If the PTB are listening please reconsider the time schedule on 6.3 to set a date and emplace it. The xorg version change is wreaking havoc on some of our new guys. I know this has been discussed before but there is evidence of losing people now as the source upgrade is a bridge too far for some. If I can contribute to making it happen someone please shoot me an email.
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