Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2006 17:59:28 +0100 From: "Alexandre Vieira" <nullpt@gmail.com> To: "sthaug@nethelp.no" <sthaug@nethelp.no> Cc: freebsd-security@dfmm.org, security-officer@freebsd.org, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, freebsd-security@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [fbsd] HEADS UP: FreeBSD 5.3, 5.4, 6.0 EoLs coming soon Message-ID: <755cb9fc0610110959g713a7e02rda3037ca88341707@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20061011.182018.41709122.sthaug@nethelp.no> References: <20061011102106.GY1594@obiwan.tataz.chchile.org> <20061011151458.L97038@atlantis.atlantis.dp.ua> <20061011083021.C2780@treehorn.dfmm.org> <20061011.182018.41709122.sthaug@nethelp.no>
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On 10/11/06, sthaug@nethelp.no <sthaug@nethelp.no> wrote: > > > I realize that resources to keep chasing this stuff are in limited > supply, > > but if you solicit the opinion of the community, I'd bet that more > people > > would rather see 4.x support continue than 5.x support. > > > > I know that it would be a violation of the stated policy, but I think > that > > supporting 4.x and 6.x over the next year would benefit way more people > > than the current plan of supporting 5.x and 6.x and eol'ing 4.x. > > Yes, fully agreed. I'd much rather have longer support for 4.x than 5.x. > > We still have lots of machines running 4.11 here. > > Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sthaug@nethelp.no > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > I fully agree with the delay in the 4x EOL. I know many people (including myself) who still run 4.x in dead end hardware for home firewalls/gateways and several other services that run in low, low end hardware. 4.x still has reasons to live for quite a while :) Best regards -- Alexandre Vieira - nullpt@gmail.com
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