Upcoming release schedule - 8.4 ?

[Chris Rees]

On Jun 14, 2012 9:30 AM, "Damien Fleuriot" <ml at my.gd> wrote:
>
> On 6/14/12 9:09 AM, Chris Rees wrote:
> > On Jun 14, 2012 5:52 AM, "Wojciech Puchar" <
wojtek at wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl>
> > wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Friends,
> >>>
> >>> I am looking at the upcoming release schedule, and I only see 9.1
listed
> > - can anyone confirm or deny 8.4 ?
> >>
> >>
> >> does it matter. cvsup RELENG_8 and you see updates are done constantly.
> >> just sometime somebody decide to change number :)
> >
> > Except STABLE is no good for production, and the problem is EoL- updates
> > and support stop.
> >
> > Chris
>
> Whoever said STABLE is no good for production ?
>
> I used to make us stick to 8.2-RELEASE here at work, but some bugfixes
> are just too important to skip (we're running firewalls and had a
> problem with a CARP bug).
>
>
> I've moved us to 8.3-STABLE recently and am quite happy with it, so far.

Too strong wording perhaps; but you can't claim that an EOL stable branch
will have the level of support afforded to live branches.  That was
supposed to be my point, as Mark has also explained.

Chris