On 28/04/2015, The Wanderer <wande...@fastmail.fm> wrote: > On 04/27/2015 at 02:12 PM, Bret Busby wrote:
<snip> >> The next more stable version, is the "olderstable" (?) version, >> which is the last previous "oldstable" version, and, which has a >> version name, that is bubbled down from the "oldstable" version, when >> a new "stable" version, is released, and the version name is bubbled >> down, when the next new "stable" version is released, and the >> "olderstable" (?) version also has a version number - I believe that >> the current "olderstable" (?) version, is Debian Linux 6 LTS - the >> "LTS", is a new concept, in Debian Linux, where, I believe, Long Term >> Support is to be provided, so as to incorporate security patches, up >> until the fifth anniversary date of the release of the "olderstable" >> (?) version. > > This isn't quite correct. There is a Long-Term Support project, yes, but > as far as I know it's not thought of in the terms you're describing (and > certainly not as "olderstable"); it's just people working on continuing > to provide security updates for the older, otherwise-obsolete releases. > > A few days ago, it was announced on debian-news that there will be LTS > coverage for both Debian 7 (wheezy) and - when the time comes - Debian 8 > (jessie). As far as I can see, nothing in the message seems to indicate > that LTS support for Debian 6 will stop; that means that there may end > up being _many_ LTS Debian releases over time, all of which would be > considered LTS. > Hello. I believe that, on the LTS list, the duration of LTS support, has been set at five years from the release date of a version that would be subject to LTS; " ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Francesco Ariis <fa...@ariis.it> Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2015 15:59:40 +0100 Subject: Re: Debian 6 lifetime To: debian-user@lists.debian.org On Tue, Mar 10, 2015 at 10:39:50PM +0800, 梅凱 wrote: > What time will be stopped its support for debian 6 >From https://wiki.debian.org/LTS " [L]ong term support for the [Debian 6] distribution is going to be extended until February 2016, i.e. five years after the initial release. -- " -- Bret Busby Armadale West Australia .............. "So once you do know what the question actually is, you'll know what the answer means." - Deep Thought, Chapter 28 of Book 1 of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: A Trilogy In Four Parts", written by Douglas Adams, published by Pan Books, 1992 .................................................... -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/cacx6j8nahbhhibvwanfbuyzdd7e1rprdmc9qds5rbkpvt_t...@mail.gmail.com
