From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Fri Aug 10 15:11:07 2018 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4869F106DA13 for ; Fri, 10 Aug 2018 15:11:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from 4250.10.freebsd-questions=freebsd.org@email-od.com) Received: from s1-b0c6.socketlabs.email-od.com (s1-b0c6.socketlabs.email-od.com [142.0.176.198]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id EBAB28EE66 for ; Fri, 10 Aug 2018 15:11:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from 4250.10.freebsd-questions=freebsd.org@email-od.com) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=email-od.com;i=@email-od.com;s=dkim; c=relaxed/relaxed; q=dns/txt; t=1533913867; x=1536505867; h=content-transfer-encoding:content-type:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:message-id:subject:to:from:date:x-thread-info; bh=MZo6kgFsdDOH5WAhjsPorUE264JoBT/hk276Om6vGM4=; b=M0J8ubfInojx7HZ1PKlx/YWkyZ5cQk7p5Jtdr9pIQd4cTo4eLfwr+/ZA/hZy1WKBc0nzEzSGjXvDJssY1N6YQK6+eSrJsRvoMCjxUUKd/rI/0EaaXgeGSj2Ubvjn7MoPjxwhGmBq93TqAKAgP6mf8JIIs7ZaC3YWOrFsUue4F7Y= X-Thread-Info: NDI1MC4xMi4xOTUwMDAwMDE5OWUwYjQuZnJlZWJzZC1xdWVzdGlvbnM9ZnJlZWJzZC5vcmc= Received: from r2.us-east.aws.in.socketlabs.com (r2.us-east.aws.in.socketlabs.com [54.85.171.149]) by mxsg2.email-od.com with ESMTP(version=Tls12 cipher=Aes256 bits=256); Fri, 10 Aug 2018 11:10:55 -0400 Received: from smtp.lan.sohara.org (EMTPY [89.127.62.20]) by r2.us-east.aws.in.socketlabs.com with ESMTP(version=Tls12 cipher=Aes256 bits=256); Fri, 10 Aug 2018 11:10:55 -0400 Received: from [192.168.63.1] (helo=steve.lan.sohara.org) by smtp.lan.sohara.org with smtp (Exim 4.91 (FreeBSD)) (envelope-from ) id 1fo942-000Jfs-Aa for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Fri, 10 Aug 2018 15:10:54 +0000 Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2018 16:10:55 +0100 From: Steve O'Hara-Smith To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: No Extended Support Version right now? Message-Id: <20180810161055.d2f3a29ada48aeb4b717450f@sohara.org> In-Reply-To: References: <20180809124130.f0137d22f0634f289f0cf4c3@sohara.org> X-Mailer: Sylpheed 3.7.0 (GTK+ 2.24.32; amd64-portbld-freebsd11.1) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.27 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2018 15:11:07 -0000 On Fri, 10 Aug 2018 16:35:44 +0200 Gerhard Schmidt wrote: > Am 09.08.2018 um 13:41 schrieb Steve O'Hara-Smith: > > Given that 11 will last five years and it is likely that > > 11. will come out well within that period I would say than > > N. is as LTS as it gets. > > No it's not because you have to do minor updates roughly every year. s/it/FeeBSD/ in the last line to get my meaning. > LTS means that you don't have to do all the testing before installing > updates because there should no changes in features or how the system ________________________^^^^^^ Critical word that, not one I tend to trust to be honest. -- Steve O'Hara-Smith | Directable Mirror Arrays C:\>WIN | A better way to focus the sun The computer obeys and wins. | licences available see You lose and Bill collects. | http://www.sohara.org/