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Date:      Wed, 16 Feb 2000 11:12:08 -0700
From:      Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com>
To:        Richard Wackerbarth <rkw@dataplex.net>
Cc:        Warner Losh <imp@village.org>, freebsd-security@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Why should I upgrade from 2.2.8 to 3.4
Message-ID:  <38AAE878.C26E278F@softweyr.com>
References:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0002152357380.54931-100000@freefall.freebsd.org> <200002160926.CAA09916@harmony.village.org> <00021604155000.08535@nomad.dataplex.net>

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Richard Wackerbarth wrote:
> 
> On Wed, 16 Feb 2000, Warner Losh wrote:
> > Kris Kennaway writes:
> > : Security problems still get fixed, but you're unlikely to be able to get
> >
> > Security problems still *SOMETIMES* get fixed in 2.2.x.  They don't always.
> 
> Perhaps there needs to be a more emphatic public posting to the effect that
> 2.2.x is "moldy" and supported only to the extent that the few remaining users
> of this system contribute patches. Unless they have COMPELLING reasons to remain
> with 2.2.x, all users SHOULD UPGRADE to 3.4.

And this coming from the 2.x "keeper of the flame."  Yes, 2.2.8 should carry
a warning label of some sort.

-- 
            "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?"

Wes Peters                                                         Softweyr LLC
wes@softweyr.com                                           http://softweyr.com/


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