Info request about Debian

[Kasuladevi]

Dear Sir/Madam:

I am new to Debian. Could you please tell me how long are the packages
and updates support available for each release of Debian OS.
Are older releases of Debian "hamm", "slink", "potato", "woody",
"sarge", "etch"  still supported, if yes, how long will they be
supported.

Would be very thankful for a early response.
thanks,
Kasuladevi


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[Russ Allbery-2]

Kasuladevi <kasuladevi.ms@...> writes:

> I am new to Debian. Could you please tell me how long are the packages
> and updates support available for each release of Debian OS.
> Are older releases of Debian "hamm", "slink", "potato", "woody",
> "sarge", "etch"  still supported, if yes, how long will they be
> supported.

In general, each stable release is supported for one year after the
release of the next stable release.  lenny, the current stable release,
was released in February of 2009, so etch will continue to be supported
until February of 2010.  The older releases are no longer supported.

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[Ben Finney-5]

Kasuladevi <kasuladevi.ms@...> writes:

> I am new to Debian. Could you please tell me how long are the packages
> and updates support available for each release of Debian OS.
> Are older releases of Debian "hamm", "slink", "potato", "woody",
> "sarge", "etch"  still supported, if yes, how long will they be
> supported.

Your questions would be best directed to the ‘debian-user’ forum for
assistance as a (prospective) Debian user.

For further reading on how releases proceed and are supported, see the
Debian FAQ <URL:http://www.debian.org/doc/FAQ/ch-choosing.en.html#s3.1>
and the page for each release <URL:http://www.debian.org/releases/>.

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[Tapio Lehtonen-3]

On Sat, Oct 10, 2009 at 10:07:58AM +0530, Kasuladevi wrote:

> Dear Sir/Madam:
>
> I am new to Debian. Could you please tell me how long are the packages
> and updates support available for each release of Debian OS.
> Are older releases of Debian "hamm", "slink", "potato", "woody",
> "sarge", "etch"  still supported, if yes, how long will they be
> supported.
>
> Would be very thankful for a early response.
> thanks,
> Kasuladevi
>

As You can see from page http://www.debian.org/releases/,
release Sarge and releases before that are obsolete (meaning they are
no longer supported).

You can see from Debian Security FAQ question 23 that support is
available for one year after the publishing of the next Debian release.
http://www.debian.org/security/faq.en.html#lifespan

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[Kasuladevi]

Sir:

Leave alone support for obsolete releases of Debian, does this mean a
person using these obsolete releases doesn't have access to atleast
their respective obsolete repositories for any older packages he might
want to install now?
If yes, I might conclude that users of older versions are compelled to
shift to newer releases. Is that correct ?

An answer to this  I think would fully clarify my doubt.

thanks,
MohanSai


On Fri, 09 Oct 2009 22:14:21 -0700
Russ Allbery <rra@...> wrote:

> Kasuladevi <kasuladevi.ms@...> writes:
>
> > I am new to Debian. Could you please tell me how long are the
> > packages and updates support available for each release of Debian
> > OS. Are older releases of Debian "hamm", "slink", "potato", "woody",
> > "sarge", "etch"  still supported, if yes, how long will they be
> > supported.
>
> In general, each stable release is supported for one year after the
> release of the next stable release.  lenny, the current stable
> release, was released in February of 2009, so etch will continue to
> be supported until February of 2010.  The older releases are no
> longer supported.
>

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[Paul Wise-3]

On Sun, Oct 11, 2009 at 1:34 PM, Kasuladevi <kasuladevi.ms@...> wrote:

> Leave alone support for obsolete releases of Debian, does this mean a
> person using these obsolete releases doesn't have access to atleast
> their respective obsolete repositories for any older packages he might
> want to install now?

The old versions of Debian are still available here:

http://archive.debian.org/

You can even search their packages here:

http://archive.debian.net/

> If yes, I might conclude that users of older versions are compelled to
> shift to newer releases. Is that correct ?

"strongly encouraged" would be a more appropriate word than
"compelled". Nothing prevents you from keeping the old version
installed and using it if you need to. There will be no updates at
all, security or otherwise. If you cannot upgrade and thus need a
longer security support cycle with Debian, you could engage the
services of Debian consultants in your area:

http://www.debian.org/consultants/

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[Tapio Lehtonen-3]

On Sun, Oct 11, 2009 at 11:04:11AM +0530, Kasuladevi wrote:

>
> Sir:
>
> Leave alone support for obsolete releases of Debian, does this mean a
> person using these obsolete releases doesn't have access to atleast
> their respective obsolete repositories for any older packages he might
> want to install now?
> If yes, I might conclude that users of older versions are compelled to
> shift to newer releases. Is that correct ?
>
> An answer to this  I think would fully clarify my doubt.
>

Older releases are still available from Debian Archive
http://www.debian.org/distrib/archive
http://archive.debian.org/

Please direct further questions to debian-user mailing list, available
in several languages: http://lists.debian.org/users.html or see the
Debian web pages which should contain all information about Debian.
http://www.debian.org/
http://wiki.debian.org/

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