Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2003 20:09:33 -0800 From: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> To: Colin Percival <colin.percival@wadham.ox.ac.uk>, "Jamin A. Brown" <jamin@gwi.net>, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: so@freebsd.org Subject: Re: RELENG_4_5 no longer updated? Message-ID: <200302272009.33666.wes@softweyr.com> In-Reply-To: <5.0.2.1.1.20030226171421.01c3a980@popserver.sfu.ca> References: <5.0.2.1.1.20030226171421.01c3a980@popserver.sfu.ca>
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On Wednesday 26 February 2003 09:21 am, Colin Percival wrote: > At 12:09 26/02/2003 -0500, Jamin A. Brown wrote: > >Not sure if this is the best forum to ask, but... > > > >Anyone know why RELENG_4_5 wasn't updated with the latest patches, > > From http://www.freebsd.org/security/ : "Each branch is supported > by the Security Officer for a limited time only, typically through 12 > months after the release." > In particular, RELENG_4_6 will (almost certainly) be supported > until the end of May 2003, and RELENG_4_7 will (almost certainly) be > supported until the end of September 2003. > > >and if > >there is some for of official announcement that goes out before a > > branch is no longer updated? > > I'm not aware of any; but I'd agree that it would be a Good Idea > if a security notice was sent out at the appropriate time. > > Colin Percival OK, so which one of you guys is going to step up to write them and send them? Don't all beat the door down at once. Please submit your proposals (and small bribes in the forms of bits of computer hardware ;^) to so@freebsd.org. -- "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?" Wes Peters Softweyr LLC wes@softweyr.com http://softweyr.com/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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