On Tue, 2003-09-30 at 17:50, David Chait wrote: > > I dont expect that this will be any different for any of the Linux > > companies and volunteer orgs (Debian) in the coming years. Everytime > > there is a new Debian, the security volunteers say they will only > > maintain the old release for 6 months and there is great wailing and > > nashing of teeth about how shitty Debian is. > > The difference of course is, Debian offers a stable release life of over 2 > years prior. That is hardly as aggravating as making a major migration While this is true in the past, it had been said that newer Debian release cycles would go to 6-12 month cycles. I thought when asked the security team said that would not change how long they would maintain software after a new release. [This was from last year or so...] -- Stephen John Smoogen smoogen@xxxxxxxx Los Alamos National Lab CCN-5 Sched 5/40 PH: 4-0645 Ta-03 SM-1498 MailStop B255 DP 10S Los Alamos, NM 87545 -- So shines a good deed in a weary world. = Willy Wonka --
