On 2008-03-10, Filipus Klutiero <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I already compared the duration of oldstable support in the bug report, but > let's look at the total security support duration of each release of other > free distros if you want. Let's take these 3 which are not too far from > Debian's quality: > RHEL and derivatives: 7 years > openSUSE: 2 years > Ubuntu: a bit more complex. > 1.5 in general > LTS releases: 3 on desktop, 5 on server > > Debian is somewhat better than openSUSE, equal or slightly worst than Ubuntu > and definitely worst than RHEL and derivatives. So on average, Debian is > somewhat worst than its main alternatives in this aspect. IMO one shouldn't > show off unless being at least a bit above average.
you are doing your math wrong. Debian sarge is 33 months with around 9000 source packages. Let us count that as 33*9000 = 297000 security points Ubuntu is around 2000 for a desktop release I think. 18 months gives 3600 Ubuntu LTS server is around 1500 packages I think - and similar for desktop release. desktop: 36 months: 54000 security points server: 81000 security points Fedora is 4600 source packages supported for 13 months gives 59800 security points I don't have any way to guess RHEL and derivatives, but I would guess it being around the same as ubuntu LTS release. That gives 7*12*1500 126000 security points. Debian sure seems like a winner. /Sune -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
