Re: Support timeframe

2010-06-25 Thread Yves-Alexis Perez
On 25/06/2010 10:52, Bernd Zeimetz wrote: > As usual in Debian - which is a community effort mostly - you can get a > release > quicker or longer security support for a release, if you pay somebody to do > so. > There are several companies and consultants who employ/are Debian developers > and >

Re: Support timeframe

2010-06-25 Thread Bernd Zeimetz
On 06/23/2010 07:22 PM, Steve Smith wrote: > The reason why I ask is because we have a hardware appliance that is based on > Debian and we are working on upgrading to version 5. Because the previous > version is not longer supported, we need to provide a patch policy for our > appliance. If yo

Re: Support timeframe

2010-06-23 Thread Don Armstrong
On Wed, 23 Jun 2010, Steve Smith wrote: > In general, how long is a version for Debian supported? Generally speaking, 12-18 months after the release of a new stable version is when security support is stopped. Generally, that means between three and four years of support for a version. > Ie, I b

Re: Support timeframe

2010-06-23 Thread Michael Gilbert
On Wed, 23 Jun 2010 12:22:36 -0500, Steve Smith wrote: > Hello, > > In general, how long is a version for Debian supported? Ie, I believe that > it is Microsoft's policy to stop providing support (patches, fixes, etc) > after 6 years from a release. Is there any such policy for Debian and if s