From owner-freebsd-announce@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jun 1 22:15:27 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-announce@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 1899AD8D for ; Mon, 1 Jun 2015 22:15:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from security-officer@freebsd.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206c::16:87]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id DFDD91AF9 for ; Mon, 1 Jun 2015 22:15:26 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from security-officer@freebsd.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.9/8.14.9) with ESMTP id t51MFQYM057178 for ; Mon, 1 Jun 2015 22:15:26 GMT (envelope-from security-officer@freebsd.org) Received: (from delphij@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.9/8.14.9/Submit) id t51MFQS9057177; Mon, 1 Jun 2015 22:15:26 GMT (envelope-from security-officer@freebsd.org) Date: Mon, 1 Jun 2015 22:15:26 GMT Message-Id: <201506012215.t51MFQS9057177@freefall.freebsd.org> X-Authentication-Warning: freefall.freebsd.org: delphij set sender to security-officer@freebsd.org using -f From: Xin Li To: freebsd-announce@FreeBSD.org Reply-To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk Subject: [FreeBSD-Announce] HEADS UP: FreeBSD 8.4 EoL coming soon X-BeenThere: freebsd-announce@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 List-Id: "Project Announcements \[moderated\]" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 01 Jun 2015 22:15:27 -0000 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA512 Dear FreeBSD community, At 00:00 UTC, June 30, 2015, FreeBSD 8.4 will reach end-of-life and will no longer be supported by the FreeBSD Security Team. Users of FreeBSD 8.4 are strongly encouraged to upgrade to a newer release as soon as possible. Due to a bug with freebsd-update(8) shipped with FreeBSD 8.x, we recommend applying at least FreeBSD-EN-15:04.freebsd-update before upgrading. The currently supported branches and releases and their expected end-of-life dates are: +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Branch | Release | Type | Release Date | Estimated EoL | +-----------+------------+--------+------------------+-----------------------+ |stable/8 |n/a |n/a |n/a |June 30, 2015 | +-----------+------------+--------+------------------+-----------------------+ |releng/8.4 |8.4-RELEASE |Extended|June 9, 2013 |June 30, 2015 | +-----------+------------+--------+------------------+-----------------------+ |stable/9 |n/a |n/a |n/a |last release + 2 years | +-----------+------------+--------+------------------+-----------------------+ |releng/9.3 |9.3-RELEASE |Extended|July 16, 2014 |December 31, 2016 | +-----------+------------+--------+------------------+-----------------------+ |stable/10 |n/a |n/a |n/a |last release + 2 years | +-----------+------------+--------+------------------+-----------------------+ |releng/10.1|10.1-RELEASE|Extended|November 14, 2014 |December 31, 2016 | +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ Please refer to https://security.freebsd.org/ for an up-to-date list of supported releases and the latest security advisories. - -- Xin Li On behalf of the FreeBSD Security Team -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.1.4 (FreeBSD) iQIcBAEBCgAGBQJVbNjRAAoJEO1n7NZdz2rnOekQAOGlDdVobSDzA9+Q81/PB5E1 V/HDynQpJPrmjGOI2eHeqSY+o0VKMGyzYOYfJaNtZ0Its6C2G4u5w7qB9QseOpys M9KlTgUzJCmAsExS/iLIWa+GfZTFX3UqccirFs0zaLvDsmVHbjgrB/JM4nA5AJmr mgfgwDU7DKYxhz3In9SZs/CtkAwOwu5lvNECaC+2Cr7oeO8uThM3vhiDhlQVkDxT VD621xgZmnPyJtWqfzKx6FlslVLSuuODor5topDVcausGFearziieUqOnGY1NtBE EIPRscLst+GIuE52xl0i8HkI7JXberv3BMGkb8W4vt8vumX3BLVyNJnOwP1HT4qw zZCHzHPxS/DZrgFiyV8PIXhm/ql7jk/m3EAkXmCmLs2ruowJKfopuHDw6jXqOpad 4dPVbTdt/vWGUoBcvIPtKkkzU2HBPNdTGQnqm6OW48bSBQ1y1vjt1msUP1CV2vPI wDG5zd2EwUONmZo03U4hEDbsjZqTmz2IE3nEs13bV4y+/TonWx0iD5pN3DWfyya9 IEiZ3s2qfu7UCHIiSv/XrBY21IcSPGh7mQPXinSnGuyf4IfoohVc6sBFByq5K2ao INncH1PzoEyOisgTdBZVuUrmlyQAdxW1zrzzN/PBvPpmaGUtuBdUojvoCVRlgWqj 9VKGihfJJfsDhz3N5KC5 =dttr -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----