From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Apr 24 06:40:02 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0DD4116A4CE for ; Sat, 24 Apr 2004 06:40:02 -0700 (PDT) Received: from tx0.oucs.ox.ac.uk (tx0.oucs.ox.ac.uk [129.67.1.163]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CE94243D1D for ; Sat, 24 Apr 2004 06:40:01 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from colin.percival@wadham.ox.ac.uk) Received: from scan0.oucs.ox.ac.uk ([129.67.1.162] helo=localhost) by tx0.oucs.ox.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1BHNNw-0005TL-G5 for freebsd-stable@freebsd.org; Sat, 24 Apr 2004 14:40:01 +0100 Received: from rx0.oucs.ox.ac.uk ([129.67.1.161]) by localhost (scan0.oucs.ox.ac.uk [129.67.1.162]) (amavisd-new, port 25) with ESMTP id 20959-02 for ; Sat, 24 Apr 2004 14:40:00 +0100 (BST) Received: from gateway.wadham.ox.ac.uk ([163.1.161.253]) by rx0.oucs.ox.ac.uk with smtp (Exim 4.24) id 1BHNNw-0005T8-2c for freebsd-stable@freebsd.org; Sat, 24 Apr 2004 14:40:00 +0100 Received: (qmail 1143 invoked by uid 1004); 24 Apr 2004 13:40:00 -0000 Received: from colin.percival@wadham.ox.ac.uk by gateway by uid 71 with qmail-scanner-1.20 (clamscan: 0.67. sweep: 2.18/3.79. Clear:RC:1(163.1.161.131):. Processed in 0.390125 secs); 24 Apr 2004 13:40:00 -0000 Received: from dhcp1131.wadham.ox.ac.uk (HELO piii600.wadham.ox.ac.uk) (163.1.161.131) by gateway.wadham.ox.ac.uk with SMTP; 24 Apr 2004 13:40:00 -0000 Message-Id: <6.0.1.1.1.20040424143310.04326bb0@imap.sfu.ca> X-Sender: cperciva@imap.sfu.ca (Unverified) X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 6.0.1.1 Date: Sat, 24 Apr 2004 14:39:57 +0100 To: Kris Kennaway From: Colin Percival In-Reply-To: <20040424132233.GA29518@xor.obsecurity.org> References: <20040424132233.GA29518@xor.obsecurity.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" cc: Kov?cs P?ter cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD Eol's? X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 24 Apr 2004 13:40:02 -0000 At 14:22 24/04/2004, Kris Kennaway wrote: >4.8 passed its expiry date and was extended. 4.9 will probably be >extended at a later date too. Looks like Kris got a bit confused here. :-) The idea behind the extended support branches is that *selected* releases will be supported for at least 24 months; this allows us to offer extended support to people who can't upgrade on a regular basis, while keeping the number of supported branches to a manageable level. We haven't yet decided which future branches will qualify for extended support, but it is quite unlikely that this set would include FreeBSD 4.9. Colin Percival