Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2011 07:37:53 -0400 From: Daniel Staal <DStaal@usa.net> To: Michael Sierchio <kudzu@tenebras.com>, FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: FreeBSD supported versions (UNCLASSIFIED) Message-ID: <F1DF92842F3E008A2B4C9F69@mac-pro.magehandbook.com> In-Reply-To: <CAHu1Y72BvzSWvn4Vpqf6BmG-CEexh6c4tDB8s3vZLWr7r40tfw@mail.gmail.com> References: <55A74C53CF85244A8000286B9B0313FE19534CB154@SCHOENTB1EXMB02.ap.ds.army.mil> <46F365E4DFD3421A4869B342@mac-pro.magehandbook.com> <CAHu1Y72BvzSWvn4Vpqf6BmG-CEexh6c4tDB8s3vZLWr7r40tfw@mail.gmail.com>
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--As of August 10, 2011 6:42:58 PM -0700, Michael Sierchio is alleged to have said: > man freebsd-update --As for the rest, it is mine. That doesn't help with the question being asked. The question is 'Will there be updates (as necessary) for this version of the OS in the future?'. Freebsd-update only answers 'Are there updates for this version of the OS in the present?'. Having present updates says nothing about there being future updates. (Nor does the fact that there aren't any at the present mean that there _won't_ be one tomorrow.) (Well, ok, given the current release structure having an update today means you are in a supported branch, and that supported branch will continue to get updates for the foreseeable future. But that still does not tell me when the branch is likely to get unsupported, and in theory a patch release could be made on the last day of support for a branch.) Daniel T. Staal --------------------------------------------------------------- This email copyright the author. Unless otherwise noted, you are expressly allowed to retransmit, quote, or otherwise use the contents for non-commercial purposes. This copyright will expire 5 years after the author's death, or in 30 years, whichever is longer, unless such a period is in excess of local copyright law. ---------------------------------------------------------------
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