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

[Kris Kennaway]

Doug Barton wrote:
> 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.

Also, it's not like anyone should have been caught by surprise by the 
6.2 EoL; the expiry date has been advertised since the 6.2 release itself.

Kris