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Re: And now for something completely different... etch!



On Tue, Jun 07, 2005 at 01:28:13PM +0200, Marco d'Itri wrote:
>
> 2.4 kernels are obsolete *now*, are not getting many new drivers and
> the lack of sysfs and other features make some packages much more
> complex than they should be.

That does not make them obsolete. They are in maintenance mode, with security
updates being applied.

>From your definition of obsolete, Woody was obsolete for a very long time, and
yet it was updated with security fixes, which made it usable for many people.

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