challenge: end of life for 6.2 is premature with buggy 6.3

[Doug Barton]

Jo Rhett wrote:
> Okay, I totally understand that FreeBSD wants people to upgrade from 6.2 
> to 6.3. 

It isn't that we want people to upgrade, it's that we are trying to be 
realistic regarding what we have the resources to support.

> But given that 6.3 is still experiencing bugs with things that 
> are working fine and stable in 6.2, this is a pretty hard case to make.

I admit to not having been following 6.x too closely, but are these 
things that have been reported, or problems you're having personally?

> This is also a fairly significant investment in terms of time and money 
> for any business to handle this ugprade.  

Having an upgrade path is something every operation needs. "Set it and 
forget it" isn't a viable strategy in the current culture where 0-day 
vulnerabilities are becoming increasingly common.

hth,

Doug

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