Re: bullseye LTS?
Andy Smith <andy@strugglers.net> writes:
> Hi Byung-Hee,
>
> On Tue, Sep 15, 2020 at 10:29:46AM +0900, 황병희 wrote:
>> Hi i just curious about Bullseye [0]. The Bullseye will be LTS?
>
> Debian does not designate certain releases as LTS releases, so
> bullseye will be no more "an LTS release" than buster is now, or
> stretch, jessie etc were before them. You are taking an Ubuntu
> concept and trying to apply it to Debian.
>
> Debian *does* have an LTS team, who continue to provide security
> support on a best-effort basis after a release has become so old
> that it ceases to receive security support by the Debian security
> team. They've been doing this since the squeeze (6) release.
>
> For example, from 6 July 2020 stretch ceased receiving security
> support by the Debian security team and only receives such support
> from the LTS team. This will be for a limited selection of packages
> and may not be as speedy as regular security support. The LTS
> support for stretch will end on 30 June 2022.
>
> Ubuntu's LTS releases do tend to look tempting from a support
> lifetime point of view, but it is important to realise that quite a
> lot of useful software is excluded from their LTS support. I have
> also found updates of the things that are theoretically supported to
> be very varied.
>
> I run Ubuntu on some of my desktops and laptops and it is rare that
> I manage to reach the end of the theoretical LTS support schedule
> before needing updated software has forced me to upgrade release.
>
> For more information please see:
>
> https://wiki.debian.org/LTS
>
> Cheers,
Thank you for kind story, Andy^^^
Sincerely, Byung-Hee
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