Re: Is oldstable security support duration something to be proud of?
On 2008-03-10, Filipus Klutiero <chealer@gmail.com> wrote:
> I already compared the duration of oldstable support in the bug report, but
> let's look at the total security support duration of each release of other
> free distros if you want. Let's take these 3 which are not too far from
> Debian's quality:
> RHEL and derivatives: 7 years
> openSUSE: 2 years
> Ubuntu: a bit more complex.
> 1.5 in general
> LTS releases: 3 on desktop, 5 on server
>
> Debian is somewhat better than openSUSE, equal or slightly worst than Ubuntu
> and definitely worst than RHEL and derivatives. So on average, Debian is
> somewhat worst than its main alternatives in this aspect. IMO one shouldn't
> show off unless being at least a bit above average.
you are doing your math wrong.
Debian sarge is 33 months with around 9000 source packages. Let us count
that as 33*9000 = 297000 security points
Ubuntu is around 2000 for a desktop release I think. 18 months gives
3600
Ubuntu LTS server is around 1500 packages I think - and similar for
desktop release.
desktop: 36 months: 54000 security points
server: 81000 security points
Fedora is 4600 source packages supported for 13 months gives 59800
security points
I don't have any way to guess RHEL and derivatives, but I would guess it
being around the same as ubuntu LTS release.
That gives 7*12*1500 126000 security points.
Debian sure seems like a winner.
/Sune
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