Date: Sat, 16 May 2020 12:56:25 -0600 From: "@lbutlr" <kremels@kreme.com> To: FreeBSD <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: [FreeBSD-Announce] FreeBSD 12.0 end-of-life Message-ID: <257EF587-92B5-4671-B6F4-89E86CC2ACA0@kreme.com> In-Reply-To: <20200516201923.8676289a.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <20200217231452.717FA1E820@freefall.freebsd.org> <CAFYkXjmZi1-MB6W0HsMx9gHek7Xg5heoSKKWkNTnw74dxRTwAw@mail.gmail.com> <85E7C97E-EF8B-4FC7-8EF1-758B7BCBAE90@kreme.com> <05112EEC-7FA3-4E18-974B-263A58058E01@kicp.uchicago.edu> <332714B8-2798-42CF-A082-9EDA180CC65B@kreme.com> <20200516201923.8676289a.freebsd@edvax.de>
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On 16 May 2020, at 12:19, Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> wrote: > And it runs and runs and runs and runs. Older hardware could do this. = And older software, in combination with that hardware, could do this. As = long as the requirements don't change, it's not a problem, especially = not when _not_ connected to the Internet - yes, I'm quite aware that = _this_ is a significant problem in considering system security. If the computer is not connected to any other computers and no person = ever has access to it, that=E2=80=99s fine. Otherwise, old OSes are porous insecure botnets-in-wait with dozens or = hundreds or thousands of exploits. And if your machine is not connected to the Internet and no human uses = it, go ahead an run FreeBSD 1.0. Who=E2=80=99s stopping you? But that=E2=80=99s an even smaller tiny tiny percentage than desktop = FreeBSD users and should have no bearing on the EOL schedule of the = current versions of the OS. The issue has been (but hopefully is not any lonher?) is that upgrading = from one version to another can be =E2=80=A6 well, sometimes impossible = is the best result. More than once I=E2=80=99ve had to completely setup = anew because the upgrade path either did not work or had been shut-off = (like version x.4 can be upgraded to only from x.3, but x.3 cannot be = installed now because it is EOL so you have no path forward from x.0 x.1 = and x.2 but to start afresh and you installed x.2 6 months ago). --=20 I'm dangerous when I know what I'm doing.
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