Re: Re: Re: Is oldstable security support duration something to be proud of?

[Filipus Klutiero <chealer@gmail.com>]

> This one time, at band camp, Filipus Klutiero said:
> > >
> > >This one time, at band camp, Filipus Klutiero said:
> > >> RHEL and derivatives: 7 years
> > >
> > >This is longer than Debian.
> > >
> > >> openSUSE: 2 years
> > >> Ubuntu: a bit more complex.
> > >> 	1.5 in general
> > >> 	LTS releases: 3 on desktop, 5 on server
> > >
> > >These are all shorter, except for Ubuntu server LTS.
> > >  
> > No, support for Ubuntu LTS in general is longer. Ubuntu LTS is supported 
> > for 3 years on the desktop, which is more than Debian 3.1.
>
> And less than 3.0.
Ur, yes...but the announcement which just came out is about Debian 3.1. 
Anyway, the reason why 3.0 was supported longer is that 3.1 was delayed. 
Admins couldn't count on that duration from the start.