From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Tue Feb 18 05:19:06 2020 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 35440254CC8; Tue, 18 Feb 2020 05:19:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ozgur@kazancci.com) Received: from relay10.mail.gandi.net (relay10.mail.gandi.net [217.70.178.230]) (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 48M8KM3mytz3L9F; Tue, 18 Feb 2020 05:19:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ozgur@kazancci.com) Received: from sogo15.sd4.0x35.net (sogo15.sd4.0x35.net [10.200.201.65]) (Authenticated sender: ozgur@kazancci.com) by relay10.mail.gandi.net (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 7EF97240005; Tue, 18 Feb 2020 05:19:00 +0000 (UTC) From: =?utf-8?q?ozgur=40kazancci=2Ecom?= In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" X-Forward: 127.0.0.1 Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2020 06:19:00 +0100 Cc: "FreeBSD Questions Mailing List" , "FreeBSD Stable" To: "Tomasz CEDRO" MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: <7264-5e4b7400-b-26698180@122867346> Subject: =?utf-8?q?Re=3A?==?utf-8?q?_=5BFreeBSD-Announce=5D?= FreeBSD =?utf-8?q?12=2E0?= end-of-life User-Agent: SOGoMail 4.3.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 48M8KM3mytz3L9F X-Spamd-Bar: / Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=none; dmarc=none; spf=pass (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of ozgur@kazancci.com designates 217.70.178.230 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=ozgur@kazancci.com X-Spamd-Result: default: False [0.04 / 15.00]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; RCVD_VIA_SMTP_AUTH(0.00)[]; RCVD_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-0.83)[-0.832,0]; FROM_DN_EQ_ADDR(1.00)[]; RCPT_COUNT_THREE(0.00)[3]; R_SPF_ALLOW(-0.20)[+ip4:217.70.178.192/26]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-1.00)[-1.000,0]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; DMARC_NA(0.00)[kazancci.com]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_SOME(0.00)[]; TO_DN_ALL(0.00)[]; SUBJ_EXCESS_QP(1.20)[]; FROM_EXCESS_QP(1.20)[]; RCVD_TLS_LAST(0.00)[]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW(-0.10)[230.178.70.217.list.dnswl.org : 127.0.5.1]; R_DKIM_NA(0.00)[]; ASN(0.00)[asn:29169, ipnet:217.70.176.0/20, country:FR]; MID_RHS_NOT_FQDN(0.50)[]; IP_SCORE(-1.63)[ip: (-5.29), ipnet: 217.70.176.0/20(-1.58), asn: 29169(-1.28), country: FR(0.00)]; RWL_MAILSPIKE_POSSIBLE(0.00)[230.178.70.217.rep.mailspike.net : 127.0.0.17] X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2020 05:19:06 -0000 "Why so short End-Of-Life? Why so many fast and short releases? What fo= r?" That's the question of the century. I got the very same question as abo= ve. I hate bitchin' about Open-Source free stuff, but that's really too= much. Very short EoL - so many releases, it's head-aching (a.k.a. shak= ing). --- =C3=96zg=C3=BCr Kazancci, https://ozgur.kazancci.com On 18 February, 2020 06:23 +03, Tomasz CEDRO wrote: = > Why so short End-Of-Life? Why so many fast and short releases? What f= or? > > Why pushing problems to production? What was wrong with having one > well tested stable system for a long time? > > 12.0 was a problematic release. 12.1 brings even more problems. > > To be honest X11 Video Acceleration DRM mess and dramatic > Virtualization with VirtualBox brings back my MacBook to the desk > because FreeBSD does not seem to be reliable desktop environment > anymore even on a decent modern machine :-( > > Is it really necessary? What happened to FreeBSD? :-( > > Tomek > > > On Tue, Feb 18, 2020 at 12:14 AM FreeBSD Security Officer wrote: > > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hash: SHA512 > > > > Dear FreeBSD community, > > > > As of February 29, 2020, FreeBSD 12.0 will reach end-of-life and wi= ll no longer > > be supported by the FreeBSD Security Team. Users of FreeBSD 12.0 a= re strongly > > encouraged to upgrade to a newer release as soon as possible. > > > > The currently supported branches and releases and their expected en= d-of-life > > dates are: > > > > +-----------------------------------------------------------------= ---------+ > > | Branch | Release | Release Date | Estimated = EoL | > > +-------------+--------------+-------------------+----------------= ---------+ > > | stable/12 | N/A | N/A | June 30, 2024 = | > > +-------------+--------------+-------------------+----------------= ---------+ > > | releng/12.1 | 12.1-RELEASE | November 4, 2019 | 12.2-RELEASE + = 3 months | > > +-------------+--------------+-------------------+----------------= ---------+ > > | stable/11 | N/A | N/A | September 30, 2= 021 | > > +-------------+--------------+-------------------+----------------= ---------+ > > | releng/11.3 | 11.3-RELEASE | July 9, 2019 | 11.4-RELEASE + = 3 months | > > +-----------------------------------------------------------------= ---------+ > > > > Please refer to https://security.freebsd.org/ for an up-to-date lis= t of > > supported releases and the latest security advisories. > > > > - -- > > The FreeBSD Security Team > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > > iQKTBAEBCgB9FiEE/A6HiuWv54gCjWNV05eS9J6n5cIFAl5LHZNfFIAAAAAALgAo > > aXNzdWVyLWZwckBub3RhdGlvbnMub3BlbnBncC5maWZ0aGhvcnNlbWFuLm5ldEZD > > MEU4NzhBRTVBRkU3ODgwMjhENjM1NUQzOTc5MkY0OUVBN0U1QzIACgkQ05eS9J6n > > 5cIqyA//ROIFtIsEDV5p02FnWClgWu3qxZ4uRyA0usM1DtZPBYjtfsFGdAU+9NvY > > EsUB3rVjWx2HNoHKySFgjLbtGdCNoae45pjLe3UiKgrbQZwXCdUl0d1y+4ZcoR0D > > cdtEY6YWio4kBHTWxd0cgCpe+Cmk3nQRB005qgvMkkCBNBGuZQcQS62CMMis3IWC > > paMcRBmzkh9HMW8e9XN2mFjGJbT2HKzY+y/Qvj3NhxenYgTzQbVwRDz4JPKz7Al+ > > aVq2gLEuEgRWNFG+fBnk7qikzmV7JaXI+j/ImZnrMFBDC/ymiQMbQdt0Kxv0TsZF > > ajR18pQyoAONXoJs875HD54/Rj0rQNkKwyZNKuka5+NWR/6d9H52+iytkGqn2DLR > > Jp9slPHBW5ofC7WlgAAeV+S1Et7fWeV96hqDVRUXZstir6hM3hYEdwnQP8aFaYO9 > > No+uLd6IAKBtBCK9hxOv6O6lmWjNk4LWQb6keG+zwFDCfnILdfwVE+eML7GqLzQ1 > > 5s40M7gZsB//1S27WQOhKS4Vea+68meGOzGv0KkMd4gNuV/cBqVoCj52Muu3O0gK > > nbMuFHptQbL0qhFGzho4chg4TsuXs0lf28BsHYYFeEewEce7gIwCgPLQPIwLQG4h > > cv7KkgwEetngUUlyMaeKu2xCUXTaDJ3KpFkwEcol1oezaWkduwg=3D > > =3DviBR > > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > =5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F= =5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F= > > freebsd-announce@freebsd.org mailing list > > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-announce > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-announce-unsubscribe@free= bsd.org" > > > > -- > CeDeROM, SQ7MHZ, http://www.tomek.cedro.info > =5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F= =5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F= > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freeb= sd.org"