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Re: Support timeframe



On 25/06/2010 10:52, Bernd Zeimetz wrote:
> As usual in Debian - which is a community effort mostly - you can get a release
> quicker or longer security support for a release, if you pay somebody to do so.
> There are several companies and consultants who employ/are Debian developers and
> would be willing to do such a job.
> 

And if in the end that means there are more people working on security
updates for (old)stable release, that means it benefits every user.
Sure, the support might be on very specific packages, not all the
distribution, meaning the security team can't extend the supported time,
but it's still better than nothing :)

Cheers,
-- 
Yves-Alexis


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