Re: need kernel update for lenny ..
On Monday 03 September 2012 10:03:12 Chris Bannister wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 29, 2012 at 06:49:31PM +0100, Lisi wrote:
> > On Wednesday 29 August 2012 18:08:58 Tony van der Hoff wrote:
> > > On 29/08/12 17:28, Camaleón wrote:
> > > > It does not matter that Lenny is out of support (formerly codenamed
> > > > "oldstable") because even the current stable release (Squeeze)
> > > > neither get kernel upgrades (for kernel upgrades I mean going from
> > > > 2.6.26 to 2.6.32 or 3.x branch, for instance). Kernel upgrades in
> > > > Debian only happen in testing (until becomes frozen) and sid.
> > >
> > > Unless there's an upgrade to fix a security issue, I believe?
> >
> > Not for Lenny. Lenny will get nothing new, not even security updates,
> > now that it has been archived.
>
> Yes, correct, but Squeeze will, that was Tony's point.
> oldstable is supported for about a year, to give people time to plan
> migration.
Yes, I wasn't telling Tony. But other readers might not realise this. And
that is not the point he actually made, though I agree that it is probably
what he meant.
Lisi
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