os/doc
3
0
Fork 0
Code Issues Pull requests Projects Releases Wiki Activity

Give a more definitive description of the lifetimes of the

Browse source 
security branches.
This commit is contained in:
Jacques Vidrine 2003-02-14 15:37:32 +00:00
parent 2aabcf4400
commit 38e7ad3dc6
Notes: svn2git 2020-12-08 03:00:23 +00:00 
svn path=/www/; revision=16001
1 changed files with 55 additions and 15 deletions
Show stats Download patch file Download diff file Expand all files Collapse all files

70
en/security/security.sgml
View file

@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" [ <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" [
<!ENTITY base CDATA ".."> <!ENTITY base CDATA "..">
<!ENTITY date "$FreeBSD: www/en/security/security.sgml,v 1.123 2003/01/07 17:52:09 nectar Exp $"> <!ENTITY date "$FreeBSD: www/en/security/security.sgml,v 1.124 2003/02/06 12:21:46 nectar Exp $">
<!ENTITY title "FreeBSD Security Information"> <!ENTITY title "FreeBSD Security Information">
<!ENTITY % includes SYSTEM "../includes.sgml"> %includes; <!ENTITY % includes SYSTEM "../includes.sgml"> %includes;
]> ]>
<!-- $FreeBSD: www/en/security/security.sgml,v 1.123 2003/01/07 17:52:09 nectar Exp $ --> <!-- $FreeBSD: www/en/security/security.sgml,v 1.124 2003/02/06 12:21:46 nectar Exp $ -->
<html> <html>
&header; &header;
@ -208,23 +208,63 @@ also be protected using PGP.</p>
<A NAME=adv></A> <A NAME=adv></A>
<H2>FreeBSD Security Advisories</H2> <H2>FreeBSD Security Advisories</H2>
<P>The FreeBSD Security Officer provides security advisories for the <P>The FreeBSD Security Officer provides security advisories for
following releases of FreeBSD:</P> several branches of FreeBSD development. These are the <EM>-STABLE
Branches</EM> and the <EM>Security Branches</EM>. (Advisories are not
issued for the <EM>-CURRENT Branch</EM>.)</P>
<UL> <UL>
<LI> The most recent official release of FreeBSD.</LI>
<LI> FreeBSD-stable, when at least 2 releases are based on it.</LI> <LI><P>There is usually only a single -STABLE branch, although
<LI> The previous FreeBSD-stable when a "new stable" does not yet during the transition from one major development line to another
have 2 releases based on it.</LI> (such as from FreeBSD 4.x to 5.x), there is a time span in which
there are two -STABLE branches. The -STABLE branch tags have names
like <TT>RELENG_4</TT>. The corresponding builds have names like
<TT>FreeBSD 4.6-STABLE</TT>.</P></LI>
<LI><P>Each FreeBSD Release has an associated Security Branch.
The Security Branch tags have names like <TT>RELENG_4_6</TT>.
The corresponding builds have names like <TT>FreeBSD
4.6-RELEASE-p7</TT>.</P></LI>
</UL> </UL>
At this time, security advisories are being released for: <P>Each branch is supported by the Security Officer for a limited time
<UL> only, typically through 12 months after the release. The estimated
<LI> FreeBSD 4.6-RELEASE</LI> lifetimes of the currently supported branches are given below. The
<LI> FreeBSD 4.7-RELEASE</LI> <EM>Estimated EoL (end-of-life)</EM> column gives the earliest date on
<LI> FreeBSD 4.7-STABLE</LI> which that branch is likely to be dropped. Please note that these dates
<LI> FreeBSD 5.0-RELEASE</LI> may be extended into the future, but only extenuating circumstances
</UL> would lead to a branch's support being dropped earlier than the date
listed.</P>
<TABLE BORDER="3" CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="2">
<TR>
<TH>Branch</TH>
<TH>Release</TH>
<TH>Estimated EoL</TH>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD>RELENG_4</TD>
<TD>n/a</TD>
<TD>December 31, 2003</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD>RELENG_4_6</TD>
<TD>4.6-RELEASE</TD>
<TD>May 31, 2003</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD>RELENG_4_7</TD>
<TD>4.7-RELEASE</TD>
<TD>September 30, 2003</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD>RELENG_5_0</TD>
<TD>5.0-RELEASE</TD>
<TD>June 30, 2003</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
<P>Older releases are not maintained and users are strongly encouraged <P>Older releases are not maintained and users are strongly encouraged
to upgrade to one of the supported releases mentioned above.</P> to upgrade to one of the supported releases mentioned above.</P>