Re: UNS: Debian 4.0 Upgrade Path
On Thu, 21 Jan 2010 18:13:03 +0000, Robert Lemmen wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 11:20:28AM -0500, Noah Meyerhans wrote:
> > In general, skipping major versions has never been supported. An
> > upgrade from etch to squeeze should always involve a short stop in
> > lenny.
>
> of course, but doing these two upgrades one after another on a couple of
> machines is still easier than doing the first one on all the machines,
> and then the second one a few months later. especially if you factor in
> paperwork and explanations of changes that might be required.
>
> i fully agree with thiemo, having the security support of release N run
> out when the security support for N+2 starts would be *very* cool, then
> people could skip releases if the cost/risk of upgrading is high and the
> need for brand new software is low.
i agree that longer support for old releases would be wonderful, but
that would mean at times providing full support for three concurrent
releases (oldstable, stable, and testing).
it already seems hard enough with the current level of manpower to
support two releases at the same time let alone three. it may be
doable, but the security team would need more volunteers (particularly
those interested in doing the work to keep oldstable supported).
mike
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