svn commit: r45733 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/security
Dag-Erling Smørgrav
des at FreeBSD.org
Tue Oct 7 18:32:23 UTC 2014
Author: des
Date: Tue Oct 7 18:32:22 2014
New Revision: 45733
URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/45733
Log:
- Change "Estimated EoL" to "Expected EoL".
- Rephrase the explanation for the EoL table. Most significantly,
remove any suggestion that we may terminate a release earlier than
the announced date.
- Remove all mention of "early adopter" releases. We've only ever had
one, and that was more than ten years ago.
- Mention that BETA and RC releases are supported for a few weeks "as
resources permit".
Modified:
head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/security/security.xml
Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/security/security.xml
==============================================================================
--- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/security/security.xml Tue Oct 7 15:42:24 2014 (r45732)
+++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/security/security.xml Tue Oct 7 18:32:22 2014 (r45733)
@@ -52,13 +52,11 @@
<a name="sup"></a>
<h2>Supported FreeBSD releases</h2>
- <p>The current designation and estimated lifetimes of the currently
- supported branches are given below. The <em>Estimated EoL
- (end-of-life)</em> column gives the earliest date on which that
- branch is likely to be dropped. Please note that these dates may
- be extended into the future, but only extenuating circumstances
- would lead to a branch's support being dropped earlier than the
- date listed.</p>
+ <p>The designation and expected lifetime of all currently supported
+ branches are given below. The <em>Expected EoL (end-of-life)</em>
+ column indicates the earliest date on which support for that
+ branch or release will end. Please note that these dates may be
+ pushed back if circumstances warrant it.</p>
<!--
Please also update head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/releng/index.xml
@@ -70,7 +68,7 @@
<th>Release</th>
<th>Type</th>
<th>Release Date</th>
- <th>Estimated EoL</th>
+ <th>Expected EoL</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>stable/8</td>
@@ -174,16 +172,11 @@
document</a>.</p>
<p>Each branch is supported by the Security Officer for a limited
- time only, and is designated as one of `<em>Early adopter</em>',
- `<em>Normal</em>', or `<em>Extended</em>'. The designation is
- used as a guideline for determining the lifetime of the branch as
- follows.</p>
+ time only, and is designated as either <em>Normal</em> or
+ <em>Extended</em>. The designation is used as a guideline for
+ determining the lifetime of the branch as follows:</p>
<dl>
- <dt>Early adopter</dt>
- <dd>Releases which are published from the -CURRENT branch will be
- supported by the Security Officer for a minimum of 6 months after
- the release.</dd>
<dt>Normal</dt>
<dd>Releases which are published from a -STABLE branch will be
supported by the Security Officer for a minimum of 12 months after the
@@ -201,5 +194,10 @@
</dd>
</dl>
+ <p>In the run-up to a Normal or Extended release, a number of -BETA
+ and -RC releases may be published. These releases are only
+ supported for a few weeks, as resources permit, and will not be
+ listed as supported on this page. Users are strongly discouraged
+ from running these releases on production systems.</p>
</body>
</html>
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