Date: Wed, 04 Jun 2008 11:00:41 -0700 From: Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org> To: Jo Rhett <jrhett@netconsonance.com> Cc: FreeBSD Stable <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: challenge: end of life for 6.2 is premature with buggy 6.3 Message-ID: <4846D849.2090005@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <9B7FE91B-9C2E-4732-866C-930AC6022A40@netconsonance.com> References: <9B7FE91B-9C2E-4732-866C-930AC6022A40@netconsonance.com>
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Jo Rhett wrote:
> Okay, I totally understand that FreeBSD wants people to upgrade from 6.2
> to 6.3.
It isn't that we want people to upgrade, it's that we are trying to be
realistic regarding what we have the resources to support.
> But given that 6.3 is still experiencing bugs with things that
> are working fine and stable in 6.2, this is a pretty hard case to make.
I admit to not having been following 6.x too closely, but are these
things that have been reported, or problems you're having personally?
> This is also a fairly significant investment in terms of time and money
> for any business to handle this ugprade.
Having an upgrade path is something every operation needs. "Set it and
forget it" isn't a viable strategy in the current culture where 0-day
vulnerabilities are becoming increasingly common.
hth,
Doug
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