Re: 4.6 patch support

2010-03-22 Thread Andrew Fresh
On Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 01:36:45PM +0200, Andreas Gerdd wrote: > I've an OpenBSD 4.6-Stable system. I wanted to ask how long will > OBSD4.6 has patch/update support? If you already follow -stable, it is the same process to upgrade to newer release. The main differences are that you get newer ver

Re: 4.6 patch support

2010-03-22 Thread Nick Holland
Andreas Gerdd wrote: when 4.8 comes out (a year after 4.6 came out) support for 4.6 will stop. Quite short time. Not really. Our advise is to upgrade to a newer version and plan for that now. It's not magic, in fact it is pretty easy in almost all cases. It is not magic, but it is more th

Re: 4.6 patch support

2010-03-22 Thread Brad Tilley
On Mon, 22 Mar 2010 14:45 +0100, "Marc Espie" wrote: > On Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 08:11:53AM -0400, Woodchuck wrote: > > Ports/packages are sort of hit-or-miss. > > > > This is a very Spartan situation, and comes from a shortage of > > resources. > > Partly. > > Being able to drop old shit fairly

Re: 4.6 patch support

2010-03-22 Thread Marc Espie
On Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 08:11:53AM -0400, Woodchuck wrote: > Ports/packages are sort of hit-or-miss. > > This is a very Spartan situation, and comes from a shortage of > resources. Partly. Being able to drop old shit fairly quickly is also very important in terms of quality, since we don't have

Re: 4.6 patch support

2010-03-22 Thread Peter Kay (Syllopsium)
From: "Andreas Gerdd" when 4.8 comes out (a year after 4.6 came out) support for 4.6 will stop. Quite short time. Perhaps, but it /is/ free. There are undoubtedly some people who will backport fixes to earlier versions if you paid them. Our advise is to upgrade to a newer version and pla

Re: 4.6 patch support

2010-03-22 Thread Otto Moerbeek
On Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 02:14:23PM +0200, Andreas Gerdd wrote: > > when 4.8 comes out (a year after 4.6 came out) support for 4.6 will stop. > > Quite short time. > > > Our advise is to upgrade to a newer version and plan for that now. > > It's not magic, in fact it is pretty easy in almost all

Re: 4.6 patch support

2010-03-22 Thread Edho P Arief
On Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 7:14 PM, Andreas Gerdd wrote: >> when 4.8 comes out (a year after 4.6 came out) support for 4.6 will stop. > > Quite short time. > >> Our advise is to upgrade to a newer version and plan for that now. >> It's not magic, in fact it is pretty easy in almost all cases. > > It

Re: 4.6 patch support

2010-03-22 Thread Woodchuck
On Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 7:36 AM, Andreas Gerdd wrote: > Hi, > > I've an OpenBSD 4.6-Stable system. I wanted to ask how long will > OBSD4.6 has patch/update support? > If there is a support time limit like lets say up to 12/24 months, > does it mean after that time, it will not get any update, not

Re: 4.6 patch support

2010-03-22 Thread Andreas Gerdd
> when 4.8 comes out (a year after 4.6 came out) support for 4.6 will stop. Quite short time. > Our advise is to upgrade to a newer version and plan for that now. > It's not magic, in fact it is pretty easy in almost all cases. It is not magic, but it is more than magic if you have only remote s

Re: 4.6 patch support

2010-03-22 Thread Maurice Janssen
On Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 01:36:45PM +0200, Andreas Gerdd wrote: >Hi, > >I've an OpenBSD 4.6-Stable system. I wanted to ask how long will >OBSD4.6 has patch/update support? >If there is a support time limit like lets say up to 12/24 months, >does it mean after that time, it will not get any update, n

Re: 4.6 patch support

2010-03-22 Thread Bret S. Lambert
On Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 01:36:45PM +0200, Andreas Gerdd wrote: > Hi, > > I've an OpenBSD 4.6-Stable system. I wanted to ask how long will > OBSD4.6 has patch/update support? > If there is a support time limit like lets say up to 12/24 months, > does it mean after that time, it will not get any upd

Re: 4.6 patch support

2010-03-22 Thread Otto Moerbeek
On Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 01:36:45PM +0200, Andreas Gerdd wrote: > Hi, > > I've an OpenBSD 4.6-Stable system. I wanted to ask how long will > OBSD4.6 has patch/update support? > If there is a support time limit like lets say up to 12/24 months, > does it mean after that time, it will not get any up

4.6 patch support

2010-03-22 Thread Andreas Gerdd
Hi, I've an OpenBSD 4.6-Stable system. I wanted to ask how long will OBSD4.6 has patch/update support? If there is a support time limit like lets say up to 12/24 months, does it mean after that time, it will not get any update, not even (possible) critical vulnerabilities? Kind regards.