Re: Keeping Lenny via /etc/apt/sources.list when Squeeze becomes stable

[Camaleón <noelamac@gmail.com>]

On Mon, 27 Dec 2010 13:08:12 +0200, Andrei Popescu wrote:

> On Lu, 20 dec 10, 14:41:48, Camaleón wrote:
>> On Mon, 20 Dec 2010 08:17:06 -0600, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote:
>> > 
>> > This will work for a while, but eventually the 'lenny' directory will
>> > be moved off the main mirror system onto the archives and the
>> > 'oldstable -> lenny' will be updated.
>> 
>> Do you mean that there is no way to keep the same name for the time it
>> lasts a release?
>> 
>> I thought "lenny" repo would automatically point to "oldstable" when
>> squeeze is released, that is, no manual intervention required from
>> user's side :-?
>> 
>> http://wiki.debian.org/DebianOldStable
> 
> Yes, but oldstable is supported only for one year after the release or
> until the next release (whichever comes first, as the Security Team can
> not support 3 releases at the same time). After that it will be moved to
> archive.debian.org, so one needs to re-adjust sources.list

He, he... one year is "much" time (that gives ~2.5 years of support 
altogether) ;-)

Okay, I see your point. But "archived" releases do not have security 
patches, right? So having an unpatched system is not an option (at least 
for me) and so, when Lenny becomes "archived" (when Wheezy is released) 
is time to move up and upgrade the system.

Greetings,

-- 
Camaleón