From: core-secretary@FreeBSD.org   
      
   Dear FreeBSD community,   
      
   The Core Team, in consultation with Release Engineering, the Security   
   Team, and Port Manager has decided that we need to reevaluate the 5-year   
   support of stable branches starting with stable/12.  A changed security   
   landscape, increased toolchain velocity, and shorter support windows for   
   our upstream components necessitate this reevaluation.   
      
   We will be leading discussions on updating our support model, with the   
   goal of making the model sustainable for the Project.  These   
   discussions, which will include opportunities for community feedback,   
   will be complete by March 31, 2019.   
      
   Regardless of the outcome of the discussions, we guarantee support for   
   the stable/12 branch for at least 18 months, or at least 6 months after   
   13.0 is released, whichever is later.  Again, these are minimum   
   durations for the stable/12 branch support and they will not be reduced.   
      
   After these discussions are complete, there will be a revised statement   
   about the stable/12 branch lifetime.   
      
   Release Engineering, the Security Team, Port Manager, and the Core Team   
      
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