Users of OpenBSD 2.9-STABLE are advised that this code branch will no longer be maintained starting June 1st, 2002. Miod Vallat says, "After this day, there will be NO MORE fixes commited to this branch. People relying on 2.9-STABLE are strongly advised to upgrade to a more recent release (preferrably 3.1 as it becomes available) as soon as possible.".

The next stable release, OpenBSD 3.1, is due in about two weeks, around May 19th. [earlier story]

From: Miod Vallat
Date: Wed, 1 May 2002 21:18:35 +0000
Subject: OpenBSD 2.9-STABLE end of life

Hello folks,

Due the release of OpenBSD 3.1 on May 19th, the 2.9-STABLE branch will be out of regular maintainance starting June 1st. After this day, there will be NO MORE fixes commited to this branch. People relying on 2.9-STABLE are strongly advised to upgrade to a more recent release (preferrably 3.1 as it becomes available) as soon as possible.

Thanks for reading,
Miod