Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2008 16:45:32 -0700 From: Colin Percival <cperciva@freebsd.org> To: jonathan michaels <jlm@caamora.com.au> Cc: Jo Rhett <jrhett@netconsonance.com>, freebsd-stable Stable <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org>, Robert Watson <rwatson@freebsd.org>, "Simon L. Nielsen" <simon@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: proposed change to support policy for FreeBSD Releases Message-ID: <48D97F9C.3050309@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <20080924093252.02048@caamora.com.au> References: <40C58F46-D705-4BE0-8AE5-17D901EE381A@netconsonance.com> <20080924093252.02048@caamora.com.au>
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jonathan michaels wrote: > On Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 01:37:03PM -0700, Jo Rhett wrote: >> Some quite lively offline discussion has come to conclusion with the >> following suggestions to change the support policy. Obviously, this >> is what we feel would be a good idea, but it's obviously open to >> discussion and there's nobody demanding anything here. It just seems >> "better". Thanks for the suggestions, but it might have helped to avoid confusion if you had contacted the FreeBSD security team privately before announcing your ideas here... >> Final >> The final minor release on a given branch will be supported by >> the Security Officer for a minimum of 24 months after the release. > > thank you gentle peoples for working out this solution. it has given me > some much needed clarity as regards forward moving planning. No it hasn't. The FreeBSD Security team hasn't agreed to anything yet. Colin Percival
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