Re: Debian's release support policy

2003-03-28 Thread ow
> Well, Joey means that he (and the rest of the security team) will > support potato to the best of his ability. The problem is, it was > released 2 and a half years ago, and so much of the software in it is > really hard to support still. Microsoft recently made the news for > claiming that WinN

Re: Debian's release support policy

2003-03-28 Thread ow
> > Does Debian have an official policy regarding how long security > updates > > and critical bug fixes will be provided for a release (e.g. six > months, > > one year, etc)? > > STFW. 8:o) > > http://www.debian.org/News/weekly/2003/07/index.en.html > IMHO, "I will probably continue to suppor

Debian's release support policy

2003-03-27 Thread ow
Recent changes to Redhat support policy (http://www.redhat.com/apps/support/errata/) got me somewhat concerned. Does Debian have an official policy regarding how long security updates and critical bug fixes will be provided for a release (e.g. six months, one year, etc)? Thanks __