update EoL and releng tables

Brad Davis brd at FreeBSD.org
Thu May 7 15:43:53 UTC 2009


On Thu, May 07, 2009 at 09:08:24AM +0200, Gabor PALI wrote:
> Brad Davis wrote:
> > On Mon, May 4, 2009 at 22:34, pluknet <pluknet at gmail.com> wrote:
> >   
> >> Hi.
> >>
> >> Can someone, please, update those tables?
> >>
> >> The releng page still mentions "FreeBSD 7.0 supported errata fix branch."
> >> when it should say "FreeBSD 7.0 errata fix branch (not officially supported)."
> >>
> >> Also EoL table on the security page misses 7.2-R.
> >>
> >> --- releng/index.sgml.orig      2009-05-05 08:29:15.000000000 +0400
> >> +++ releng/index.sgml   2009-05-05 08:28:52.000000000 +0400
> >> @@ -109,7 +109,7 @@
> >>       <td><tt>RELENG_7_0</tt></td>
> >>       <td>Frozen</td>
> >>       <td>&contact.so;</td>
> >> -      <td>FreeBSD 7.0 supported errata fix branch.</td>
> >> +      <td>FreeBSD 7.0 errata fix branch (not officially supported).</td>
> >>     </tr>
> >>
> >>     <tr>
> >> --- security/security.sgml.orig 2009-05-05 08:30:26.000000000 +0400
> >> +++ security/security.sgml      2009-05-05 08:32:26.000000000 +0400
> >> @@ -279,6 +279,13 @@
> >>       <td>January 4, 2009</td>
> >>       <td>January 31, 2011</td>
> >>     </tr>
> >> +    <tr>
> >> +      <td>RELENG_7_2</td>
> >> +      <td>7.2-RELEASE</td>
> >> +      <td>Normal</td>
> >> +      <td>May 4, 2009</td>
> >> +      <td>May 31, 2010</td>
> >> +    </tr>
> >>   </table>
> >>
> >>   <p>Older releases are not maintained and users are strongly
> >> --
> >> wbr,
> >> pluknet
> >>     
> >
> > Hi pluknet,
> >
> > I just committed these changes. Thank you for submitting them.
> >   
> Is the estimated EoL for 7.2-RELEASE really "May 31, 2010"?  It looks
> strange, because the eEoL is "Jan 31, 2011" for 7.1-RELEASE and "Nov 30,
> 2010" for 6.4-RELEASE.  There is also general rule for RELENG_7 that
> says: "last release + 2 years".
> 
> I think "May 31, 2011" for 7.2-RELEASE would be more reasonable, but
> maybe I am missing something.
> 
> Cheers,
> :g
> 

And approved by cperciva@ :)


Regards,
Brad Davis



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