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Date:      Fri, 11 Jul 2014 16:39:40 +0200
From:      =?UTF-8?B?xYF1a2FzeiBXxIVzaWtvd3NraQ==?= <lukasz@wasikowski.net>
To:        Dan Lukes <dan@obluda.cz>, freebsd-security@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: [FreeBSD-Announce] HEADS UP: FreeBSD 9.2 EoL coming soon
Message-ID:  <53BFF72C.1060500@wasikowski.net>
In-Reply-To: <53BFE7F7.1060309@obluda.cz>
References:  <201407111146.s6BBk5Z3082993@fire.js.berklix.net> <53BFE7F7.1060309@obluda.cz>

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W dniu 2014-07-11 15:34, Dan Lukes pisze:

> On 07/11/14 13:46, Julian H. Stacey:
>>> On September 30, 2014, FreeBSD 9.2 will reach its End of Life
> 
>> A tight timesecale to force business users to upgrade.  9.2 is the
>> main release today (8.4 old, & 10.0 risky) 9.3 not even released
>> just RC3.  Northern hemisphere is 3 weeks off August when some whole
>> countries (eg .fr) virtually close down on holiday, & others don't
>> get much done 'till after 1st week in Sept.  Slip 9.2 EOL one month
>> to 31st Oct. & it'll give many business sys admins a much better window.
> 
> Valid arguments and +1m slip should not harm Security Officer so much.
> 
> On the other side, business users, especially holiday sensitive users,
> could consider not to install releases with non-extended lifetime in the
> future ...
> 
> System with extended lifetime will give them more freedom ...

There were too many important changes / fixes in 9.2 to stick with 9.1.
+1 month for migration to 9.3 would be great.

-- 
best regards,
Lukasz Wasikowski



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