Hi Roberto Got it. I will assess. I guess also the popularity of the package counts in this case.
// Ola On Mon, 15 Apr 2024 at 22:32, Roberto C. Sánchez <robe...@debian.org> wrote: > > On Mon, Apr 15, 2024 at 10:06:19PM +0200, Ola Lundqvist wrote: > > Hi Roberto > > > > That was an interesting form. There were a few fields that I'm not > > sure how to fill in more than the obvious. > > > > Like what is the impact of full EOL. > > Is it as simple as just to tell that we will not provide security > > support for this package? Or is it something more? > > > > You will have to assess that. For instance, if we would EOL firefox-esr, > the impact would be that many users to would lose access to current > versions (with security fixes) of a popular web browser. If we were to > EOL commonly used compiler/language runtime, then the ability of users > to build with that compiler/language runtime as well as the ability of > our team to build package updates could be impacted. > > So, it is necessary to take a look at how a particular package is meant > to be used, how it is actually being used, and then assess how those > intended and actual use cases would be affected by an EOL decision. > > Regards, > > -Roberto > > -- > Roberto C. Sánchez > -- --- Inguza Technology AB --- MSc in Information Technology ---- | o...@inguza.com o...@debian.org | | http://inguza.com/ Mobile: +46 (0)70-332 1551 | ---------------------------------------------------------------
