On 10/21/2018 07:53 PM, Noah Meyerhans wrote:
Lack of integration with packages.debian.org and incomplete coverage of the archive also present problems. For exaple, despite the existence of DLA 1531, I cannot find evidence of a 4.9 kernel for jessie on packages.debian.org except in jessie-backports, and backports is well documented as not having official security support. (Again, I realize that this may be a matter of visibility and perception.) For my part, as maintainer of the images on AWS, I don't want to prevent people currently using the jessie images from continuing to do so. I simply don't want new (to AWS or to Debian) users from starting out with jessie. As such, I've made the jessie listings slightly less discoverable using AWS interfaces, and have noted their deprecation on the relevant Debian wikis. Somebody who is familiar with LTS and interested in using it is certainly welcome to do so, though. noah
I've been using Jessie on AWS for three years and usually check for updates once a month. Here is the last LTS update:
Start-Date: 2018-10-16 15:21:01 Commandline: apt-get dist-upgrade Install: linux-image-3.16.0-7-amd64:amd64 (3.16.59-1, automatic)Upgrade: libpython2.7-stdlib:amd64 (2.7.9-2+deb8u1, 2.7.9-2+deb8u2), libapache2-mod-php5:amd64 (5.6. 37+dfsg-0+deb8u1, 5.6.38+dfsg-0+deb8u1), python3.4:amd64 (3.4.2-1, 3.4.2-1+deb8u1), php5-common:amd6 4 (5.6.37+dfsg-0+deb8u1, 5.6.38+dfsg-0+deb8u1), python3.4-minimal:amd64 (3.4.2-1, 3.4.2-1+deb8u1), l ibpython3.4-stdlib:amd64 (3.4.2-1, 3.4.2-1+deb8u1), python2.7:amd64 (2.7.9-2+deb8u1, 2.7.9-2+deb8u2) , php5-readline:amd64 (5.6.37+dfsg-0+deb8u1, 5.6.38+dfsg-0+deb8u1), php5:amd64 (5.6.37+dfsg-0+deb8u1 , 5.6.38+dfsg-0+deb8u1), libpython3.4-minimal:amd64 (3.4.2-1, 3.4.2-1+deb8u1), libxml2:amd64 (2.9.1+ dfsg1-5+deb8u6, 2.9.1+dfsg1-5+deb8u7), php5-cli:amd64 (5.6.37+dfsg-0+deb8u1, 5.6.38+dfsg-0+deb8u1), linux-image-amd64:amd64 (3.16+63+deb8u2, 3.16+63+deb8u3), python2.7-minimal:amd64 (2.7.9-2+deb8u1, 2
.7.9-2+deb8u2), libpython2.7-minimal:amd64 (2.7.9-2+deb8u1, 2.7.9-2+deb8u2) End-Date: 2018-10-16 15:21:28So far the security updates for the Jessie kernel have stayed in the 3.16.* range, and I doubt if that will change.
A few weeks ago I ran a test "dist-upgrade" to Stretch and was surprised to see that it installed Exim. I don't use an MTA and Jessie didn't have one when I installed it, so I guess this is something new. I prefer a minimal image like Jessie. (If I needed an MTA I would use Exim, but other people might want to use something else.)
So far I haven't seen any problems with Jessie and it should be okay until June 30, 2020.
Thanks, Larry