Date: Sun, 6 Dec 2015 23:23:04 -0553.75 From: "William A. Mahaffey III" <wam@hiwaay.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: release schedule , nines and tens Message-ID: <5665166E.2090108@hiwaay.net> In-Reply-To: <5664CD2C.2090207@emailrob.com> References: <5664CD2C.2090207@emailrob.com>
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On 12/06/15 18:11, spellberg_robert wrote: > howdy , folks --- > > i see that the release schedules for 10.3 and 11.0 > are available much earlier than usual [ start of beta ] . > this is nice . > it permits me [ and others ] to plan_ahead , > to the extent of the published information . > > i remembered seeing a notice , a_while back , that > the releases would be changed , beginning with the elevens . > i went back , earlier today , to re_read this notice , > so that i would have its content fresh in my mind , > before i posed the following questions > [ see -announce , 2015_feb_03_tue , from mr. seaman ] . > as i write this , i have it displayed on another screen . > > now , i can read_between_the_lines as well as anybody > [ the support page , with the releases and their eol_dates , > is very helpful for guessing ; > i have that displayed , also , on that other screen > ] . > however , i do not like to make assumptions . > therefore , given that change is approaching > [ and is , now , ten months closer , relative to the notice ] , > i come straight_out and ask : > > > > a] does anyone know if decisions have been made regarding : > > 0] is 9.3 to be the last of the nines or > is there a plan to release a 9.4 ? > > 1] is 10.3 to be the last of the tens or > is there a plan to release a 10.4 ? > > b] if so , what are those decisions ? > > c] if not , is there a known or an estimated date for > the making of the above_described decisions ? > > > > fwiw , i like to use the highest minor_number , > because the dot_zero bugs have been found and fixed . > i got a lot of mileage out of 4.11 and 6.4 > [ for me , they played like champs ; > in fact , the only reason for the retiring of 6.4 was > the acquisition of 64_bit hardware > ] . > i never installed a 5 , because of all of the release_controversy . > a 7.4 was replaced quickly [ acroread would not install ] by 8.4 . > i am currently running 8.1 , 8.4 , 9.3 and 10.2 > [ 10.2 was an emergency install that , probably , > will not survive the release of 10.3 > ] . > the 8.1 should be replaced [ but , it just keeps working ] . > the 8.4 is three years newer ; it can wait until the summer . > i want to settle on the nines and tens > while i watch the elevens and the new policy shake_out . > > thanks , in advance , for any information . > > rob > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > $0.02 from the cheap seats: I'd love to see a 9.4, maybe 9.5, w/ docker & 64-bit emulation working AOK .... Oc course I might get stuck there ;-) .... -- William A. Mahaffey III ---------------------------------------------------------------------- "The M1 Garand is without doubt the finest implement of war ever devised by man." -- Gen. George S. Patton Jr.
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