How long will 4.x be supported?

2005-01-07 Thread sp0ng3b0b
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

Re: How long will 4.x be supported?

2005-01-07 Thread DanGer
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?

Re: How long will 4.x be supported?

2005-01-07 Thread Jerry McAllister
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

Re: How long will 4.x be supported?

2005-01-07 Thread M
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

Re: How long will 4.x be supported?

2005-01-07 Thread Skylar Thompson
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

Re: How long will 4.x be supported?

2005-01-07 Thread Charles Swiger
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

Re: How long will 4.x be supported?

2005-01-07 Thread Erik Trulsson
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

Re: How long will 4.x be supported?

2005-01-07 Thread Kris Kennaway
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?

2005-01-07 Thread Tm4528
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

Re: How long will 4.x be supported?

2005-01-07 Thread Matt Emmerton
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

RE: How long will 4.x be supported?

2005-01-07 Thread Ted Mittelstaedt
-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