Date: Wed, 04 Jun 2008 20:39:08 +0200 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.org> To: Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org> Cc: Jo Rhett <jrhett@netconsonance.com>, FreeBSD Stable <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: challenge: end of life for 6.2 is premature with buggy 6.3 Message-ID: <4846E14C.709@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <4846D849.2090005@FreeBSD.org> References: <9B7FE91B-9C2E-4732-866C-930AC6022A40@netconsonance.com> <4846D849.2090005@FreeBSD.org>
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Doug Barton wrote: > 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. Also, it's not like anyone should have been caught by surprise by the 6.2 EoL; the expiry date has been advertised since the 6.2 release itself. Kris
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