On Friday 28 January 2011 20:24:01 Andrew McGlashan wrote: > Jochen Schulz wrote: > > Andrew McGlashan: > >> If sun-java5 continues to be important, then why not have a port in > >> squeeze too? > > > > Probably because it isn't supported upstream anymore: > > > > http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5/ > > > > | Java SE 5.0 is in its Java Technology End of Life (EOL) transition > > | period. The EOL transition period began April 8th, 2007 and will > > | complete October 8th, 2009, when Java SE 5.0 will have reached its End > > | of Service Life (EOSL). > > Okay, but can't it be supported as a "legacy" package? Once Lenny goes > beyond support (12 months after squeeze release), then how will anyone > be able to install it via apt-get / aptitude in a sane way? They can get it from snapshot.debian.org. However, it's already not getting updates (including security updates) from upstream. Security updates for non- free are on a best-effort basis, so I expect by the time Lenny leaves security support entirely that Java 5 will be riddled with security holes. > Bring it across, but put a nice little disclaimer (as per above) that > the package is no longer supported, but also include that it is provided > "as is" for those that _may_ still need it for some reason or another. Sorry, that's not how Debian releases are managed. With a few rare oversights, unmaintained software is not included in a stable release. In fact, the software in a stable release should be able to count on upstream support for approximately 2 years or have a maintainer that is willing to maintain the software independent of upstream for a similar period of time. -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. ,= ,-_-. =. bss@iguanasuicide.net ((_/)o o(\_)) ICQ: 514984 YM/AIM: DaTwinkDaddy `-'(. .)`-' http://iguanasuicide.net/ \_/
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