Thanks for Squeeze-LTS (was: Re: Long term support for Debian 6.0 Announced)
On 2014-04-28 23:44, Brian Kroth wrote:
> I just want to say thank you for this. It's very helpful for large
> installs.
>
> Cheers,
> Brian
>
Hi Brian,
At this time, long term support is actually handled by separate group,
which is neither the Debian Release Team nor the Debian Security Team.
I have forwarded your mail to the people behind the Squeeze LTS effort. :)
~Niels
> Neil McGovern <neilm@debian.org> 2014-04-24 11:47:
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> The Debian Project http://www.debian.org/
>> Long term support for Debian 6.0 Announced press@debian.org
>> April 24th, 2014 http://www.debian.org/News/2014/20140424
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>>
>> The Debian project is pleased to announce that although regular security
>> support for Debian GNU/Linux 6.0 (code name "squeeze") will be
>> terminated on 31 May, long term support for the distribution is going to
>> be extended until February 2016, i.e. five years after the initial
>> release. This effort is driven by various interested parties / companies
>> which require longer security support.
>>
>> Squeeze-LTS will only support i386 and amd64, rather than the full range
>> of architectures. Users of other architectures are encouraged to upgrade
>> to Debian 7 ("wheezy"). Additionally, a few packages will not be
>> supported in the LTS version of the release, primarily some web-based
>> applications which cannot be supported for the additional timeframe. A
>> tool will be provided to detect such unsupported packages.
>>
>> The release will not be handled by the Debian security team, but by a
>> separate group of volunteers and companies interested in making it a
>> success (with some overlap in people involved). Companies using Debian
>> who are interested in aiding this effort should contact
>> <team@security.debian.org>. Importantly, the success of Squeeze-LTS will
>> be used to judge the viability of LTS support for Debian 7 ("wheezy")
>> and Debian 8 ("jessie").
>>
>>
>> About Debian
>> ------------
>>
>> The Debian Project is an association of Free Software developers who
>> volunteer their time and effort in order to produce the completely free
>> operating system Debian.
>>
>>
>> Contact Information
>> -------------------
>>
>> For further information, please visit the Debian web pages at
>> http://www.debian.org/, send mail to <press@debian.org>, or contact the
>> stable release team at <debian-release@lists.debian.org>.
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