Hi,
FreeBSD's release schedule is:
10.3 2016-03-22
11.0 2016-07-27
whereas the timeline for Debian stretch is:
2016-09-05: Transition freeze
2016-11-05: "Softfreeze"
2016-12-05: The freeze
That means kfreebsd-11 should be released in time, however, the usual
pattern is that only odd-numbered minor versions have extended security
support. My guess is that these kernels could become EOL by:
10.3 2018-04
10-STABLE >= 2018-04?
11.0 2017-08
whereas Debian stretch should try to have security support until about
2020-04. We would need to backport fixes to these kernels from the
corresponding STABLE branch after it is EOL; that has been easy in the
past.
It looks better to release 10.3 with stretch if its upstream security
support will be longer. kfreebsd-11 will anyway be packaged in
experimental. 11.1 can go into sid/buster whenever it is released.
10.3 should also be less work, as that would be a much smaller
transition in userland.
Please let me know if 10.3 seems reasonable for stretch, or if there's
some really compelling reason to release with 11.0.
Thanks,
Regards,
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Steven Chamberlain
[email protected]
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