diff --git a/en/portmgr/policies_releng_4.sgml b/en/portmgr/policies_releng_4.sgml
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-While still many people use RELENG_4, it is EOD. Portmgr has set the
- following policies with regard to EOL/EOS of this branch and kindly asks
- developers to implement these:
+While still many people use RELENG_4, it is End of Life (EOL) and
+ End of Support (EOS). We encourage all users and developers to
+ migrate to the FreeBSD 6.X branch, which is a stable and mature
+ platform, and is now the 'reference' FreeBSD branch for the Ports
+ Collection. The "last known good" tree has been tagged with the
+ RELEASE_4_EOL tag as a convenience to those remaining
+ users who intend to self-support their own 4.X installations.
+ This tag is not supported in any way and security fixes will not
+ be applied. Usage is therefore highly discouraged and should only
+ be used as a last resort.
-
- - We keep building 4.11 packages as long as we have the resources.
- 4.X package builds will be deprioritised though, meaning they may not be
- rebuilt as frequently.
- - We will continue to support the 4.X infrastructure until RELENG_4 EOL
- (31 January 2007) by building the INDEX on RELENG_4 for use by
- make fetchindex, and making sure that the Ports Collection
- infrastructure (bsd.port.mk, etc) continues to function on RELENG_4,
- subject to the reduced testing that this branch will receive. This means
- that problems may be noticed only after the fact and may require community
- support to develop and test fixes.
- - We do not require committers/maintainers to support 4.X, but ports will
- still be required to be marked BROKEN/IGNORE if they do not build/run.
- - Port maintainers are strongly encouraged to accept patches from the
- community that allow their ports to build and run on 4.X. However, since
- running on 4.X is no longer a requirement, maintainers may use their
- discretion in cases where a proposed patch would be disruptive to other
- supported FreeBSD branches, or would unreasonably impede ongoing
- maintenance of the port.
- - We will continue to accept patches for Ports Collection infrastructure
- (bsd.port.mk, etc).
- - We encourage all users and developers to migrate to the FreeBSD 6.X
- branch, which is a stable and mature platform, and is now the 'reference'
- FreeBSD branch for the Ports Collection.
-
+Support for RELENG_4 was removed from the ports infrastructure
+ after the RELENG_4_EOL tag and the ports collection can no
+ longer be used on that branch. Therefore maintainers are also no
+ longer required to provide any form of support for running their
+ ports on FreeBSD 4.X, and may also remove any legacy support code
+ at their convenience.
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+&footer;