Subject: Re: The pkgsrc-2006Q1 branch
To: Anne Bennett <anne@porcupine.montreal.qc.ca>
From: Lubomir Sedlacik <salo@Xtrmntr.org>
List: pkgsrc-users
Date: 04/01/2006 04:14:50
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On Fri, Mar 31, 2006 at 12:30:27PM -0500, Anne Bennett wrote:
> What does it mean to me in practice that 2005Q4 has been deprecated?
> Is it expected that I would re-install all of my software every few
> months? If not, how long will security patches continue to be made on
> 2005Q4?

the old branch ceases to be supported when the new branch is cut.
iow, there won't be any updates to 2005Q4, security related or other.
there just isn't enough manpower for maintaining more than one stable
branch.

regards,
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