details about EOL (of FreeBSD 5.4) ?

[Greg Barniskis]

Kris Kennaway wrote:
> On Tue, May 09, 2006 at 11:20:21AM +0200, albi wrote:
>> i'm running 5.4 on a few servers, and i wondered till when
>> security-updates will be available
>>
>> http://www.freebsd.org/security/ says that the EOL is estimated may 31
>> 2006, but does that also mean no more security-updates for 5.4 ?
> 
> Yes.

[blink blink]

I'm not at all opposed to RE@ and security@ making hard decisions 
and doing whatever is needed to best further the project's goals (so 
please don't read this as flame bait). But I have to confirm what I 
just read:

5.4 is EOL before 5.5 is released, and even before 4.11 and 5.3 are 
EOL? Or is it really the case that the EOL table should list /2007/ 
for 5.4 (same day as RELENG_5)?

If 2006 is accurate, this is registering on me as a significant POLA 
violation. Very hard to believe this is accurate. If accurate, what 
list/channel/forum should I have been paying more attention to?

PS - many thanks to all RE, security and all other contributors. 
Testing of 6.1 is indicating all is well for our purposes and 
hardware. So if 5.4 really is EOL, we'll move forward, just a little 
quicker than previously planned.


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