On Sat, Mar 29, 2003 at 01:41:34AM -0800, Paul Johnson wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 28, 2003 at 12:31:27PM -0500, Noah Meyerhans wrote:
> > Potato is very much in the same place as NT 4.0.
>
> Save one *very* important distinction: It's extremely expensive and
> time consuming to progress along the NT tr
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On Sat, Mar 29, 2003 at 06:35:14PM +, Colin Watson wrote:
> OK, I went and checked my facts. Potato was released on 14 August 2000.
> On 14 September 2000, an announcement was made that support would be
> discontinued on 30 September 2000 [1], toge
On Sat, Mar 29, 2003 at 07:57:40AM -0800, Paul Johnson wrote:
> On Sat, Mar 29, 2003 at 11:57:45AM +, Colin Watson wrote:
> > I don't think we'd ever inflict something as short as 2 weeks on our
> > users, large sites or no large sites.
>
> When Potato went stable, 2 weeks was all the previou
Paul Johnson writes:
> When Potato went stable, 2 weeks was all the previous distro got. When
> people complained loudly, security team said "You should have said
> something earlier."
That was before the present network of security build daemons was
developed. Backported security fixes had to b
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On Sat, Mar 29, 2003 at 11:57:45AM +, Colin Watson wrote:
> I don't think we'd ever inflict something as short as 2 weeks on our
> users, large sites or no large sites.
When Potato went stable, 2 weeks was all the previous distro got.
When people
On Sat, Mar 29, 2003 at 01:47:55AM -0800, Paul Johnson wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 28, 2003 at 03:19:19PM -0800, ow wrote:
> > Something like "we support our releases for 24 months (or whatever)
> > from the date of the release" would be very helpful, I think, to all
> > Debian users (and developers). Thi
On Saturday 29 March 2003 01:19, ow wrote:
> IMHO, Debian should establish a clear security/critical bug support
> policy and post it on your support/security page where it's easy to
> find.
> Something like "we support our releases for 24 months (or whatever)
> from the date of the release" would
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On Fri, Mar 28, 2003 at 03:19:19PM -0800, ow wrote:
> Something like "we support our releases for 24 months (or whatever)
> from the date of the release" would be very helpful, I think, to all
> Debian users (and developers). This way everyone knows wh
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On Fri, Mar 28, 2003 at 12:31:27PM -0500, Noah Meyerhans wrote:
> Potato is very much in the same place as NT 4.0.
Save one *very* important distinction: It's extremely expensive and
time consuming to progress along the NT track, whereas it's only
sl
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On Fri, Mar 28, 2003 at 07:28:44AM -0800, ow wrote:
> IMHO, "I will probably continue to support" does not really sound like
> a policy.
What sounds like even less of a policy is to continue using software
long after even the publisher has moved on,
> Well, Joey means that he (and the rest of the security team) will
> support potato to the best of his ability. The problem is, it was
> released 2 and a half years ago, and so much of the software in it is
> really hard to support still. Microsoft recently made the news for
> claiming that WinN
On Fri, Mar 28, 2003 at 07:28:44AM -0800, ow wrote:
> IMHO, "I will probably continue to support" does not really sound like
> a policy. I think Debian users, including potential ones, would benefit
> from clear and precise security/support policy (whatever it may be)
> that can be found in an obvi
> > Does Debian have an official policy regarding how long security
> updates
> > and critical bug fixes will be provided for a release (e.g. six
> months,
> > one year, etc)?
>
> STFW. 8:o)
>
> http://www.debian.org/News/weekly/2003/07/index.en.html
>
IMHO, "I will probably continue to suppor
On Friday 28 March 2003 14:20, Paul Johnson wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 28, 2003 at 01:35:48PM +0200, Aryan Ameri wrote:
> > I think that's the release date of Woody. Potato was released long before
> > that.
>
> Not according to the Potato release page.
According to Potato's release page, Debian GNU/Lin
On Fri, Mar 28, 2003 at 04:20:42AM -0800, Paul Johnson wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 28, 2003 at 01:35:48PM +0200, Aryan Ameri wrote:
> > I think that's the release date of Woody. Potato was released long before
> > that.
>
> Not according to the Potato release page...
Debian GNU/Linux 2.2 (a.k.a. Pota
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On Fri, Mar 28, 2003 at 01:35:48PM +0200, Aryan Ameri wrote:
> I think that's the release date of Woody. Potato was released long before
> that.
Not according to the Potato release page...I never used the spud so I
don't know...I've been tracking uns
On Friday 28 March 2003 11:30, Paul Johnson wrote:
> Potato (most recent obsolete branch, which I kind of wish was renamed
> "espy" in memory of the late debian developer to which potato was
> dedicated) will continue to get security updates until June of this
> year. It was released July 13, 200
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On Thu, Mar 27, 2003 at 04:49:21PM -0800, ow wrote:
> Does Debian have an official policy regarding how long security updates
> and critical bug fixes will be provided for a release (e.g. six months,
> one year, etc)?
STFW. 8:o)
http://www.debian.or
>
> Does Debian have an official policy regarding how long security
> updates and critical bug fixes will be provided for a release (e.g.
> six months, one year, etc)?
>
i am not too sure but i think i read this somewhere that as long as
there is a current release updates will be provided for it.
ow said:
> Recent changes to Redhat support policy
> (http://www.redhat.com/apps/support/errata/) got me somewhat concerned.
>
> Does Debian have an official policy regarding how long security updates
> and critical bug fixes will be provided for a release (e.g. six months,
> one year, etc)?
not r
Recent changes to Redhat support policy
(http://www.redhat.com/apps/support/errata/) got me somewhat concerned.
Does Debian have an official policy regarding how long security updates
and critical bug fixes will be provided for a release (e.g. six months,
one year, etc)?
Thanks
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