Date: Thu, 4 Sep 2008 09:36:04 -0400 From: Wesley Shields <wxs@FreeBSD.org> To: Nathan Way <nathan@datanode.com> Cc: Jo Rhett <jrhett@netconsonance.com>, freebsd-stable <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Upcoming Releases Schedule... Message-ID: <20080904133604.GB1188@atarininja.org> In-Reply-To: <F17BE4F1F989BB4A81EB94C36712A9736F3493@dni-mail.datanode.com> References: <1219409496.10487.22.camel@bauer.cse.buffalo.edu> <593618A3-56DA-4891-A4A0-690E9A9C5B32@netconsonance.com> <F17BE4F1F989BB4A81EB94C36712A9736F3493@dni-mail.datanode.com>
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On Wed, Sep 03, 2008 at 09:24:04PM -0700, Nathan Way wrote: > > > > Where can one find the expected EoL for these releases? I've poked > > around the website and can't find any notes mentioning this, although > > several people have been making posts suggesting that people should > > review the EoL schedule when planning their upgrades. > > http://www.freebsd.org/security/security.html#supported-branches > > To quote from the above web site: > > Branch Release Type Release Date Estimated EoL > RELENG_6 n/a n/a n/a January 31, 2010 > RELENG_6_3 6.3-RELEASE Extended January 18, 2008 January 31, 2010 > RELENG_7 n/a n/a n/a last release + 2 > years > RELENG_7_0 7.0-RELEASE Normal February 27, 2008 February 28, 2009 These are the existing releases. I believe Jo was looking for EoL for 7.1 and 6.4 once they are released. The answer to that is not clear - nor do I know if it should be clear yet. I don't know when the type of support decision is made, but I suspect it's not this early in the process. -- WXS
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