Date: Mon, 07 Dec 2015 00:05:00 +0000 From: spellberg_robert <emailrob@emailrob.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: release schedule , nines and tens Message-ID: <5664CD2C.2090207@emailrob.com>
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howdy , folks ---
i see that the release schedules for 10.3 and 11.0
are available much earlier than usual [ start of beta ] .
this is nice .
it permits me [ and others ] to plan_ahead ,
to the extent of the published information .
i remembered seeing a notice , a_while back , that
the releases would be changed , beginning with the elevens .
i went back , earlier today , to re_read this notice ,
so that i would have its content fresh in my mind ,
before i posed the following questions
[ see -announce , 2015_feb_03_tue , from mr. seaman ] .
as i write this , i have it displayed on another screen .
now , i can read_between_the_lines as well as anybody
[ the support page , with the releases and their eol_dates ,
is very helpful for guessing ;
i have that displayed , also , on that other screen
] .
however , i do not like to make assumptions .
therefore , given that change is approaching
[ and is , now , ten months closer , relative to the notice ] ,
i come straight_out and ask :
a] does anyone know if decisions have been made regarding :
0] is 9.3 to be the last of the nines or
is there a plan to release a 9.4 ?
1] is 10.3 to be the last of the tens or
is there a plan to release a 10.4 ?
b] if so , what are those decisions ?
c] if not , is there a known or an estimated date for
the making of the above_described decisions ?
fwiw , i like to use the highest minor_number ,
because the dot_zero bugs have been found and fixed .
i got a lot of mileage out of 4.11 and 6.4
[ for me , they played like champs ;
in fact , the only reason for the retiring of 6.4 was
the acquisition of 64_bit hardware
] .
i never installed a 5 , because of all of the release_controversy .
a 7.4 was replaced quickly [ acroread would not install ] by 8.4 .
i am currently running 8.1 , 8.4 , 9.3 and 10.2
[ 10.2 was an emergency install that , probably ,
will not survive the release of 10.3
] .
the 8.1 should be replaced [ but , it just keeps working ] .
the 8.4 is three years newer ; it can wait until the summer .
i want to settle on the nines and tens
while i watch the elevens and the new policy shake_out .
thanks , in advance , for any information .
rob
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