On Thu, Dec 04, 2003 at 12:14:03PM -0200, Leandro Guimar?es Faria Corsetti Dutra wrote: > Em Thu, 04 Dec 2003 10:46:12 -0300, Mariano Wahlmann escreveu: > > > i want to know if debian > > has the an automatic update tool (like up2date), i read that debian use > > apt > > Which is much better than up2date. Heh! Yeah... Once you get used to apt, you'll wonder how you ever got by without it. > > how long did debian keep support?, RedHat keep releasing uptades for > > 5 years for each version. Thanks. > > Debian makes smooth upgrades, but doesn't keep support after the > following version is released. You can contract it if you like. I'm pretty sure this bit is not true. Obsolete versions get security updates for a while after the new release comes out... I don't think there's a guaranteed time-frame for that (this being Debian, it runs something like "until it becomes too much of a pain")... But I believe the devels aim for "about a year". Cheers! -- -------------------------------<<ScruLoose>>------------------------------- He that breaks a thing to find out what it is has left the path of wisdom. - J.R.R. Tolkien --------------------------<<Please do not CC me>>--------------------------
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