Re: [SECURITY] [DSA 2907-1] Announcement of long term support for Debian oldstable
repoussé jusqu'a 2016 !
On 18:24 Wed 16 Apr , Moritz Muehlenhoff wrote:
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> Debian Security Advisory DSA-2907-1 security@debian.org
> http://www.debian.org/security/ Moritz Muehlenhoff
> April 16, 2014 http://www.debian.org/security/faq
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> This is an advance notice that regular security support for Debian
> GNU/Linux 6.0 (code name "squeeze") will be terminated on the 31st of
> May.
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> However, we're happy to announce that security support for squeeze 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. See the "LTS" section
> of https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2014/03/msg00004.html
> for the initial announcement.
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> The details are currently being sorted out and a more detailed
> announcement will be made soon.
>
> Brief advance FAQ (but you should really wait for the more detailed
> announcement):
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> Q: What's the difference between regular security support and the LTS
> support?
> A: squeeze-lts is only going to support i386 and amd64. If you're
> running a different architecture you need to upgrade to Debian 7
> (wheezy). Also there are going to be a few packages which will not
> be supported in squeeze-lts (e.g. a few web-based applications
> which cannot be supported for five years). There will be a tool to
> detect such unsupported packages.
>
> Q: Does this mean that Debian 7 (wheezy) and/or Debian 8 (jessie) will
> have five years security support as well?
> A: Likely, we'll see how squeeze-lts turns out. If there's sufficient
> support it will be continued for later releases as well. Also, see
> below.
>
> Q: Is additional help needed?
> A: Absolutely. squeeze-lts is not 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). So, if
> you're a company using Debian and seeing a benefit in security
> support for five years, get in touch with team@security.debian.org
> and we'll see how you can help (if you e.g. don't have the manpower /
> know how but are willing to contribute, we can point you to a list
> of Debian consultants)
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> Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org
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