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[Patrick O'Callaghan]

On Thu, 2010-01-28 at 19:43 -0800, Patrick Bartek wrote:
> --- On Thu, 1/28/10, Patrick O'Callaghan <pocallaghan at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > Patrick Bartek wrote:
> > > 10, 11 & 12 are supported with fixes and updates.
> > 
> > IIRC support for F10 ended in December.
> 
> Correct.  I just checked.  I thought support time per release averaged about 15 months.  Seems instead, for the past few years anyway, it's more like about 13.  Since I only upgrade about every third release (6 to 9 to 12), I haven't really kept track.
> 
> Read somewhere a formula that support for release X is for one month after the Final release of version X + 2.  So, it all depends on how frequently releases are released.

Since releases are about every 6 months, the 13-month estimate for
support is reasonable, but I wouldn't advocate waiting till the last
minute :-)

poc