How long will 4.x be supported?
Given the serious stability issues that *some* users are having with 5.3, many are sticking with 4.x for production servers. Will FreeBSD keep the 4.x line alive for a little while longer? Perhaps going into 4.12, 4.13, etc? I ask this only because I don't see a lot of communication to the list about these issues being addressed. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: How long will 4.x be supported?
Hi sp0ng3b0b, Friday, January 7, 2005, 10:49:23 PM, you typed: Given the serious stability issues that *some* users are having with 5.3, many are sticking with 4.x for production servers. Will FreeBSD keep the 4.x line alive for a little while longer? Perhaps going into 4.12, 4.13, etc? next 4.x release - 4.11 will be the last release from 4.x branch I ask this only because I don't see a lot of communication to the list about these issues being addressed. -- Best Regards, +--==/\/\==--+ (__) FreeBSD | DanGer [EMAIL PROTECTED] |\\\'',) The | [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ261701668 | \/ \ ^Power | http://danger.homeunix.org | .\._/_)To +--==\/\/==--+ Serve [ A penny earnedis cheap labor. ] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: How long will 4.x be supported?
Given the serious stability issues that *some* users are having with 5.3, many are sticking with 4.x for production servers. Will FreeBSD keep the 4.x line alive for a little while longer? Perhaps going into 4.12, 4.13, etc? It has been stated that they hope 4.11 will be the last release in the 4.xx track. That is due out at the end of January. I don't think that 4.11 being the last out is hard and fast yet though. I don't see much discussion of stability or security issues with 5.3+ - only some gripes about it being a little slow and some comments that not all the debug code has yet been removed which accounts for a portion of the slowness in some things - network response, I think. I ask this only because I don't see a lot of communication to the list about these issues being addressed. It has been discussed a number of times. jerry ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: How long will 4.x be supported?
On Jan 7, 2005, at 4:54 PM, Jerry McAllister wrote: It has been stated that they hope 4.11 will be the last release in the 4.xx track. That is due out at the end of January. I don't think that 4.11 being the last out is hard and fast yet though. If I recall 4.8 or 4.9 was supposed to be the last 4.X release. I wouldn't count on anything until they shoot it. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: How long will 4.x be supported?
DanGer wrote: Hi sp0ng3b0b, Friday, January 7, 2005, 10:49:23 PM, you typed: Given the serious stability issues that *some* users are having with 5.3, many are sticking with 4.x for production servers. Will FreeBSD keep the 4.x line alive for a little while longer? Perhaps going into 4.12, 4.13, etc? next 4.x release - 4.11 will be the last release from 4.x branch Will there still be security patches released for 4.x? Will any patches be backported from 5-RELEASE? -- -- Skylar Thompson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) -- http://www.cs.earlham.edu/~skylar/ signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Re: How long will 4.x be supported?
On Jan 7, 2005, at 4:49 PM, sp0ng3b0b wrote: Will FreeBSD keep the 4.x line alive for a little while longer? Perhaps going into 4.12, 4.13, etc? FreeBSD is in the middle of releasing 4.11, and has committed to providing extended support for 4.10 through May 31, 2006 and for RELENG_4 (meaning 4.11, or later if need be) through January 31, 2007. I ask this only because I don't see a lot of communication to the list about these issues being addressed. http://www.freebsd.org/security/ http://www.freebsd.org/releases/4.11R/schedule.html -- -Chuck ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: How long will 4.x be supported?
On Fri, Jan 07, 2005 at 01:49:23PM -0800, sp0ng3b0b wrote: Given the serious stability issues that *some* users are having with 5.3, many are sticking with 4.x for production servers. Will FreeBSD keep the 4.x line alive for a little while longer? Perhaps going into 4.12, 4.13, etc? I ask this only because I don't see a lot of communication to the list about these issues being addressed. As far as I know there are currently no plans for any more 4.x releases beyond the upcoming 4.11. Security fixes will however be applied to 4.x until Jan 2007 (according to http://www.freebsd.org/security/index.html) Considering that relatively few changes have been made to 4-STABLE between the release of 4.10 and 4.11 and considering that this rate of change will probably slow down even further as time goes on and most developers move over to 5.x there probably will be too few changes applied to 4.x to warrant a 4.12 release anytime soon. -- Insert your favourite quote here. Erik Trulsson [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: How long will 4.x be supported?
On Fri, Jan 07, 2005 at 04:01:15PM -0600, Skylar Thompson wrote: Will there still be security patches released for 4.x? Will any patches be backported from 5-RELEASE? www.freebsd.org/security Kris pgpM5mLALg3kN.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: How long will 4.x be supported?
In a message dated 1/7/05 4:50:07 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Given the serious stability issues that *some* users are having with 5.3, many are sticking with 4.x for production servers. Will FreeBSD keep the 4.x line alive for a little while longer? Perhaps going into 4.12, 4.13, etc? I ask this only because I don't see a lot of communication to the list about these issues being addressed. Just note that they say its supported, but if you want to use the latest Intel CPUs (800Mhz FSB Xeon64), they don't work in 4.x. Sadly noone in the FreeBSD universe is even familiar (it seems) with new server MBs. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: How long will 4.x be supported?
In a message dated 1/7/05 4:50:07 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Given the serious stability issues that *some* users are having with 5.3, many are sticking with 4.x for production servers. Will FreeBSD keep the 4.x line alive for a little while longer? Perhaps going into 4.12, 4.13, etc? I ask this only because I don't see a lot of communication to the list about these issues being addressed. Just note that they say its supported, but if you want to use the latest Intel CPUs (800Mhz FSB Xeon64), they don't work in 4.x. Sadly noone in the FreeBSD universe is even familiar (it seems) with new server MBs. I'd say those who are familiar are using 5.x. Maybe the time to switch is near? -- Matt Emmerton ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: How long will 4.x be supported?
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of sp0ng3b0b Sent: Friday, January 07, 2005 1:49 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: How long will 4.x be supported? Given the serious stability issues that *some* users are having with 5.3, many are sticking with 4.x for production servers. Will FreeBSD keep the 4.x line alive for a little while longer? Perhaps going into 4.12, 4.13, etc? http://www.freebsd.org/releases/4.10R/announce.html Note the line: The current plans are for one more FreeBSD 4.X release which will be FreeBSD 4.11-RELEASE. It is expected the upcoming FreeBSD 5.3 release will have reached the maturity level most users will be able to migrate to 5.X Keep an eye on the release notes for 4.11 when it goes golden. Ted ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
