-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA512 Hello Everyone, On September 30, 2014, FreeBSD 9.2 will reach its End of Life and will no longer be supported by the FreeBSD Security Team. Users of FreeBSD 9.2 are strongly encouraged to upgrade to one of the newer releases before the that date. The current supported branches and expected EoL dates are: +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Branch | Release | Type | Release Date | Estimated EoL | +-----------+------------+--------+------------------+-----------------------+ |stable/8 |n/a |n/a |n/a |June 30, 2015 | +-----------+------------+--------+------------------+-----------------------+ |releng/8.4 |8.4-RELEASE |Extended|June 9, 2013 |June 30, 2015 | +-----------+------------+--------+------------------+-----------------------+ |stable/9 |n/a |n/a |n/a |last release + 2 years | +-----------+------------+--------+------------------+-----------------------+ |releng/9.1 |9.1-RELEASE |Extended|December 30, 2012 |December 31, 2014 | +-----------+------------+--------+------------------+-----------------------+ |releng/9.2 |9.2-RELEASE |Normal *|September 30, 2013|September 30, 2014 | +-----------+------------+--------+------------------+-----------------------+ |stable/10 |n/a |n/a |n/a |last release + 2 years | +-----------+------------+--------+------------------+-----------------------+ |releng/10.0|10.0-RELEASE|Normal |January 20, 2014 |January 31, 2015 | +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ The upcoming 9.3-RELEASE will be "Extended" support release and receive at least 2 years of support. - -- Xin Li FreeBSD Acting Security Officer -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0 iQIcBAEBCgAGBQJTvwt3AAoJEO1n7NZdz2rnVVAP/RRXhk+W+ihODqgSzK2sR8bl eXWpEVoStPLU9b7zaGQP24LnQbtmH4yIvCTT/NHjJmSYRPchExbGRlosnmgCTNlU nqahP2yzTTm98yWo2mfpp1snY83bw5gVj1UZRbjNXk0W4Saa7Ig6ccnze5PJBh8W IqshFKJITcQi7MBJvXCR0hIllhWFBEBBMyhd0LFiOH3yHRl4Qp4yIJRBDHo6q2Dn 6ZcdVC48Ln3AlWe+yFHrsgSMnIDAFlkxBHpIktJsWNE0UtCdlwpsbd0Sy6CFU0l0 4vLQUC2cwTZiDnBbDvBK9xVzaRA4S7FJw0VQ5pc8NJeqWDTqa+TXqpVGp8AGMiYf fXL/IzEGO/c65b3s89fL2aO46cpagBAAqSUx75eJHzZ/MyMrMPA0DrtzF7fYQ7cx zhLngkag0Jyx1pvFFBPZlputyJL+HrgDP1udtecgsUK/aoDe74f3FRkATfxIln+I oU14djeblQol40btLr35RDhYqquMjzt6gClzyEDOpk41rOmwQ2GZJghpnv+m8cYI dwXNXENBqQn9eC+GsI6u6XyPHWIbv9kZMJgcoUNjF+0koE4E77HneIVL3lpaNNXE qHRzVTtO5uaoo2TknLFZZXIB+oNlZwVDFcypV5Jt02amd1rS1BvsvdodrAC9nhtU vlG49T1e14r6qPXXmm7O =rerV -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
Julian H. Stacey
2014-Jul-11 11:46 UTC
[FreeBSD-Announce] HEADS UP: FreeBSD 9.2 EoL coming soon
> Hello Everyone, > > On September 30, 2014, FreeBSD 9.2 will reach its End of Life and will > no longer be supported by the FreeBSD Security Team. > > Users of FreeBSD 9.2 are strongly encouraged to upgrade to one of the > newer releases before the that date.A tight timesecale to force business users to upgrade. 9.2 is the main release today (8.4 old, & 10.0 risky) 9.3 not even released just RC3. Northern hemisphere is 3 weeks off August when some whole countries (eg .fr) virtually close down on holiday, & others don't get much done 'till after 1st week in Sept. Slip 9.2 EOL one month to 31st Oct. & it'll give many business sys admins a much better window. Cheers, Julian -- Julian Stacey, BSD Linux Unix C Sys Eng Consultant Munich http://berklix.com Interleave replies Below, like a play script.
Dan Lukes
2014-Jul-11 13:34 UTC
Re: [FreeBSD-Announce] HEADS UP: FreeBSD 9.2 EoL coming soon
On 07/11/14 13:46, Julian H. Stacey:>> On September 30, 2014, FreeBSD 9.2 will reach its End of Life> A tight timesecale to force business users to upgrade. 9.2 is the > main release today (8.4 old, & 10.0 risky) 9.3 not even released > just RC3. Northern hemisphere is 3 weeks off August when some whole > countries (eg .fr) virtually close down on holiday, & others don't > get much done 'till after 1st week in Sept. Slip 9.2 EOL one month > to 31st Oct. & it'll give many business sys admins a much better window.Valid arguments and +1m slip should not harm Security Officer so much. On the other side, business users, especially holiday sensitive users, could consider not to install releases with non-extended lifetime in the future ... System with extended lifetime will give them more freedom ... Dan _______________________________________________ freebsd-security@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-security To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-security-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
Sergey Kandaurov
2014-Jul-15 19:21 UTC
Re: [FreeBSD-Announce] HEADS UP: FreeBSD 9.2 EoL coming soon
On 11 July 2014 01:56, Xin Li <security-officer@freebsd.org> wrote:> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA512 > > Hello Everyone, > > On September 30, 2014, FreeBSD 9.2 will reach its End of Life and will > no longer be supported by the FreeBSD Security Team.And what about this part [1]: "Releases [...] will be supported by the Security Officer [...] for sufficient additional time (if needed) to ensure that there is a newer release for at least 3 months before the older Normal release expires." I parsed this as 9.2 should (could) be supported until after 3 months since 9.3-RELEASE. E.g., 9.0 support was extended as 9.1-RELEASE got delayed. [1] http://security.freebsd.org -- wbr, pluknet _______________________________________________ freebsd-security@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-security To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-security-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
Bartek Rutkowski
2014-Jul-16 12:50 UTC
Re: [FreeBSD-Announce] HEADS UP: FreeBSD 9.2 EoL coming soon
On Tue, Jul 15, 2014 at 8:21 PM, Sergey Kandaurov <pluknet@gmail.com> wrote:> On 11 July 2014 01:56, Xin Li <security-officer@freebsd.org> wrote: >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >> Hash: SHA512 >> >> Hello Everyone, >> >> On September 30, 2014, FreeBSD 9.2 will reach its End of Life and will >> no longer be supported by the FreeBSD Security Team. > > And what about this part [1]: > "Releases [...] will be supported by the Security Officer [...] for > sufficient additional time (if needed) to ensure that there is a newer > release for at least 3 months before the older Normal release expires." > > I parsed this as 9.2 should (could) be supported until after 3 months since > 9.3-RELEASE. E.g., 9.0 support was extended as 9.1-RELEASE got delayed. > > [1] http://security.freebsd.org >Given the extension announcement was just sent, I hope we'll remind users again, somwhere like 3 months and then again 1 month before the extended EoL happens. Shouldnt we also add it to the news section of the website so that it would be visible to more users? Kind regards, Bartek Rutkowski _______________________________________________ freebsd-security@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-security To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-security-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"