On Wed, 29 Jun 2011 13:18:15 -0300, D G Teed wrote: (please, avoid using html formatted e-mails)
> On Wed, Jun 29, 2011 at 11:52 AM, Camaleón <noela...@gmail.com> wrote: (...) >> > I can only speculate about this, but I don't think this announcement >> > is relevant any more. The document is from July 2009 and >> > predicted/promised a squeeze release in early 2010. For that case >> > only the authors promised that you could skip the squeeze release. >> > What actually happened is that it took another whole year to release >> > squeeze. >> >> Dunno, but I hope the comittment is stil valid. >> >> > On the wiki for Lenny, it says it is one year supported before EOL after > a new stable comes out was the norm but this could change... > <%20http://wiki.debian.org/DebianLenny#Debian.2BAC8-Lenny_Life_cycle> > > http://wiki.debian.org/DebianLenny#Debian.2BAC8-Lenny_Life_cycle > > That wiki was updated last on Feb 7, 2011. *** (No official life cycle announced yet. Previous stable were targeted to be released every 18 months, A distribution used to be discontinued 1 year after a new one is released... but things may change, see FAQ). *** Anyway, wiki can be altered by anyone, I don't have it as a trusted source for such important announcements :-) > You cannot skip a version in upgrades, but of course you could in > re-installs. A debian version doesn't have to be upgraded a major > version every year - it is more like once every 2 or 3 years depending > on the release times. I prefer installing from scratch, in-site upgrades is something I avoid as much as I can :-) Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/pan.2011.06.29.17.22...@gmail.com
