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FreeBSD 8.4 is supported until 2015-06-30. FreeBSD 8.0 was released on 2009-11-25. Odd numbered minor releases and the last minor releases in a major release ar
by danieldk 12y ago
FreeBSD 8.4 is supported until 2015-06-30. FreeBSD 8.0 was released on 2009-11-25. Odd numbered minor releases and the last minor releases in a major release are supported for 2 years.
Sorry, I misread the release table. Then, that is pretty impressive, 6 years for a major release!
Why would want to run 10 year old binaries if a compatible and improved version exists?
Personally, I don't but in many enterprises a new stable release is often only introduced after a 1-3 years. Then it is to expensive if support runs out quickly.
When I was involved with CentOS (ca. CentOS 4 & 5) era, there were still many companies running 2.1 and 3.