On Sat, Mar 11, 2006 at 01:19:54AM +0000, Chris wrote: > I understand but it is frustrating that 6.x gets plugged a lot tho > when the person mentions they are using 5.x, I hope you understand > that when freebsd is used on a mission critical server then it is good > to only upgrade when necessary which is usually just for security > updates and also to wait for a 2nd or 3rd revision of the new major > version as to help avoid teething problems. In that manner I am glad > older versions are supported for security patches for a while after > release. > > I wasnt aware ports removed support right away tho so thank you for > clarifying that for me. > > what does confuse me now and I am sure others, you have a situation > where only the most recent release is supported and 6.1 is been > released shortly before 5.5 if things goto schedule, will both these > releases be treated as supported by the ports tree?
Yes, see http://www.freebsd.org/ports/ to understand the support situation. > and why is 5.5 > been released at all if people should be upgrading to 6.x to remain > supported? Indeed, there was debate about whether to do a 5.5 at all since the developers have essentially stopped working on it, and we really want to get everyone onto 6.x since it's so much better. Apart from a couple of regressions, even 6.0 was a much better release than *any* of the 5.x series (including 5.5). Kris
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