[FreeBSD-Announce] HEADS UP: FreeBSD 8.1 and 8.2 EoL coming soon

[Simon L. B. Nielsen]

Hello Everyone,

On July 31st 2012, FreeBSD 8.1 and FreeBSD 8.2 will reach their End of
Life and will no longer be supported by the FreeBSD Security Team.
Users of FreeBSD 8.1 and 8.2 are strongly encouraged to upgrade to one
of the newer releases before the that date.

The current supported branches and expected EoL dates are:

  +---------------------------------------------------------------------+
  |  Branch   |  Release   |  Type  |   Release date  |  Estimated EoL  |
  |-----------+------------+--------+-----------------+-----------------|
  |RELENG_7   |n/a         |n/a     |n/a              |February 28, 2013|
  |-----------+------------+--------+-----------------+-----------------|
  |RELENG_7_4 |7.4-RELEASE |Extended|February 24, 2011|February 28, 2013|
  |-----------+------------+--------+-----------------+-----------------|
  |RELENG_8   |n/a         |n/a     |n/a              |last release + 2y|
  |-----------+------------+--------+-----------------+-----------------|
  |RELENG_8_1 |8.1-RELEASE |Extended|July 23, 2010    |July 31, 2012    |
  |-----------+------------+--------+-----------------+-----------------|
  |RELENG_8_2 |8.2-RELEASE |Normal  |February 24, 2011|July 31, 2012    |
  |-----------+------------+--------+-----------------+-----------------|
  |RELENG_8_3 |8.3-RELEASE |Extended|April 18, 2012   |April 30, 2014   |
  |-----------+------------+--------+-----------------+-----------------|
  |RELENG_9   |n/a         |n/a     |n/a              |last release + 2y|
  |-----------+------------+--------+-----------------+-----------------|
  |RELENG_9_0 |9.0-RELEASE |Normal  |January 10, 2012 |January 31, 2013 |
  +---------------------------------------------------------------------+

-- 
Simon L. B. Nielsen
FreeBSD Security Officer

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