Gary Kline wrote: > On Fri, Dec 16, 2005 at 12:04:05AM -0700, Scott Long wrote: > >>All, >> >>The following is the approximate schedule for FreeBSD releases in 2006: >> >>Jan 30: Freeze RELENG_5 and RELENG_6 >>Mar 20: Release FreeBSD 6.1 >>Apr 3: Release FreeBSD 5.5 >>Jun 12: Freeze RELENG_6 >>Jul 31: Release FreeBSD 6.2 >>Oct 23: Freeze RELENG_6 >>Dec 11: Release FreeBSD 6.3 >> >>A 'freeze' means that the tree will be closed to changes except with >>specific approval, and the focus will be on producing, testing, and >>fixing release candidates. The release dates are targets that we hope >>to make, but we will continue with the policy of only releasing once >>all of the showstoppers are cleared, i.e. we will release when it is >>ready. >> >>FreeBSD 5 >>5.5 will be the final release from the RELENG_5 tree. We are doing it >>to provide support for users who have committed to FreeBSD 5 and who >>need more time to transition to FreeBSD 6. However, in order to keep >>forward progress with FreeBSD 6, we will produce this in parallel with >>the 6.1 release, and thus it will not be our main focus. Users who are >>using FreeBSD 5 are strongly encouraged to evaluate FreeBSD 6. After >>this final release, the security team will provide security update >>support through 2007. > > > Sounds like an ambitious schedule... All my FBSD servers > are at least up to 5.3; my laptop is happy at 5.4. I have > what I believe to be a rationalquestion. Why should I go > beyond v5.5? More to the point, why can't minor security > tweaks be maintained indefinitely for 5.5? Security updates will be maintained for quite a while. However, it takes manpower to test each proposed security change, so it's very hard to justify doing them 'indefinitely'. The stated policy from the security team is 2 years. So they will probably support 5.5 into 2008, but I wanted to be conservative in my statement in case they have different plans. > What will > releases -6 and -7 offer that can;t reasonably be dropped > into -5? Significant performance and stability enhancements that simply cannot be broken up and backported to FreeBSD 5. We are marching towards a 'Giant-less' kernel, which means continuing better SMP performance and better UP responsiveness. With 6.0 we are finally starting to see the benefit of the SMPng work that we've been doing for 5 years. ScottReceived on Fri Dec 16 2005 - 07:35:05 UTC
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