-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Fri, Mar 28, 2003 at 03:19:19PM -0800, ow wrote: > Something like "we support our releases for 24 months (or whatever) > from the date of the release" would be very helpful, I think, to all > Debian users (and developers). This way everyone knows what to expect > well in advance and has enough time to prepare, there are no surprises.
OK, I'll speak generally for the group based on what I've seen in the past: When a new release hits, security updates will be available for the distro for 2 weeks. Anything beyond that is because some large site has brought it to the security team's attention that it's going to take longer than that to migrate due to some sticky, site-specific issues that need to be worked out before they roll it out to all thier machines. That being said, Debian releases are big, widely announced events that make headlines for weeks on Slashdot, OSNews, debian-announce, debian-news, Debian Planet, and any other place there's even a remote chance that there's a population of Debian users. If you run a large site, the time to start testing for migrations is when it freezes. The day frozen moves to stable is the day you need to get in touch with the security team if you cannot easily migrate your site. Deal. - -- .''`. Baloo Ursidae <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : :' : proud Debian admin and user `. `'` `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fix a system -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+hWvLJ5vLSqVpK2kRAmLPAJ49oXL8133FwdekitAsbSBjD/R/eQCfdjTQ PXhuhAJzdVnPimFvQjxLuAU= =sMuX -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
