[FreeBSD-Announce] HEADS UP: FreeBSD 8.3 EoL coming soon

[Xin Li]

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Hello Everyone,

On April 30, 2014, FreeBSD 8.3 will reach its End of Life and will no
longer be supported by the FreeBSD Security Team.

Users of FreeBSD 8.3 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     |
 +-----------+------------+--------+------------------+-----------------------+
 |stable/8   |n/a         |n/a     |n/a               |June 30, 2015          |
 +-----------+------------+--------+------------------+-----------------------+
 |releng/8.3 |8.3-RELEASE |Extended|April 18, 2012    |April 30, 2014         |
 +-----------+------------+--------+------------------+-----------------------+
 |releng/8.4 |8.4-RELEASE |Extended|June 9, 2013      |June 30, 2015          |
 +-----------+------------+--------+------------------+-----------------------+
 |stable/9   |n/a         |n/a     |n/a               |last release + 2 years |
 +-----------+------------+--------+------------------+-----------------------+
 |releng/9.1 |9.1-RELEASE |Extended|December 30, 2012 |December 31, 2014      |
 +-----------+------------+--------+------------------+-----------------------+
 |releng/9.2 |9.2-RELEASE |Normal  |September 30, 2013|September 30, 2014     |
 +-----------+------------+--------+------------------+-----------------------+
 |stable/10  |n/a         |n/a     |n/a               |last release + 2 years |
 +-----------+------------+--------+------------------+-----------------------+
 |releng/10.0|10.0-RELEASE|Normal  |January 20, 2014  |January 31, 2015       |
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Xin Li
FreeBSD Deputy Security Officer
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