package: base x-debbugs-cc: debian-devel@lists.debian.org Yesterday I was helping a friend who's computer since some time didn't receive updates anymore, the reason was easily found, it was running wheezy :) That friend had no idea that the release they were running was not supported anymore and I wonder if we do have a mechanism to signal that to users. (In a more friendly way than 404 http error codes.) The friend in question is running gnome, so I'm thinking about the gnome update tool to convey this message, not apt directly. (I also don't think that subscribing to any mailing list or other news info system is the right answer to the problem observed.) Maybe this problem also has been fixed in the meantime? The upgrade from wheezy to jessie to stretch was very smooth btw, kudos & yay. (It just took 4h due to a slow harddrive involved.) Upgrades to buster and bullseye will be done when the latter is released, giving this computer a lifespan of more than 10 years with very little extra maintenance work required in those years. Debian is a very nice and stable OS indeed. Kudos once more. -- cheers, Holger ⢀⣴⠾⠻⢶⣦⠀ ⣾⠁⢠⠒⠀⣿⡁ holger@(debian|reproducible-builds|layer-acht).org ⢿⡄⠘⠷⠚⠋⠀ OpenPGP: B8BF54137B09D35CF026FE9D 091AB856069AAA1C ⠈⠳⣄
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