Re: Publishing cloud image lifecycle documentation
On Thu, Mar 11, 2021 at 10:56:22PM -0800, Ross Vandegrift wrote:
> The (I think) easy question: do we all agree this is worth doing?
>
> The harder question: assuming so, what should the policy say?
Here is my draft following today's discussion. Please send along any feedback.
Stable Cloud Images for Bullseye (stable)
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The Debian Project will release it's new stable release 11 (code name
Bullseye) along with images for various cloud providers. Images will
be available at https://cloud.debian.org/cloud/bullseye, along with
hashes to verify downloads. In addition, some platforms will have the
images pre-loaded and/or available in their marketplace. See
https://wiki.debian.org/Cloud for more information.
Security Support Period
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The Cloud Team will support the Debian 11 images through the end of
the LTS cycle. New builds will occasionally be made available:
* after each point release of Debian 11.
* when security updates have been published through official Debian
channels for a kernel or network service.
* on an occasional basis to collect other updates, at the discretion
of each platform's maintainers.
End of Security Support
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At the end of the LTS support period, the images will no longer be
updated. Any marketplace listings will be retired. And depending on
the technical details of the platforms, pre-loaded images may be
deleted.
To avoid missing important security updates, users are encouraged to
migrate to a newer image before the end of the LTS period.
Ross
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