There is currently no usable release of FreeBSD.

[Allan Jude]

On 2014-06-04 19:32, John Kozubik wrote:
> I agree that the releases do not last long enough to settle on and grow
> into.
> 
> That is why we *need* a release to go into double-digit minors, like 4
> did when it went to 4.11.
> 
> I don't even care which one!  Any of them!  Just give us a release that
> we can grow into and not find ourselves at "legacy" two years later, at
> 9.2.
> 
> Which, by the way, is actually a step backwards.  I was appalled to find
> that 8 was marked legacy at 8.3, but now 9 is marked legacy at 9.2.
> Which means if there is some bug in 'em' or 'twa' and it gets fixed in
> 10, you'll never see it backported to 9.  Be honest.
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The word 'legacy' was misused on the website. This will be corrected.

Each branch lasts ~5 years. See this graph (page 9):

https://wiki.freebsd.org/201405DevSummit?action=AttachFile&do=view&target=FreeBSD+11.pdf



-- 
Allan Jude

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