-------- Forwarded Message -------- > From: Martin Schulze <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Debian News Channel <[email protected]> > Subject: Debian Project adds Security Support for AMD64 > Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2005 16:16:48 +0200 > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > The Debian Project http://www.debian.org/ > Debian adds Security Support for AMD64 [EMAIL PROTECTED] > August 11th, 2005 http://www.debian.org/News/2005/20050811 > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Debian Project adds Security Support for AMD64 > > The Debian project adds security support for the stable amd64 > distribution. This port is not yet part of the Debian archive, but it > will be included in unstable/testing soon and users already benefit > from security updates distributed via security.debian.org. > > A special advisory will be released soon by the security team to cover > newly built amd64 packages for all security updates since the release > of sarge. These packages will replace already existing files in the > proposed-updates directory in the amd64 archive. > > Because the project has released version 3.1 (codename: sarge) of its > distribution without the amd64 port due to technical reasons, the > porters have released their packages on a different server with only > minimal differences to the Debian 3.1 archive. This port will be > included in the unstable and testing distribution soon. > > As a first step to adding full support for the amd64 port the > ftpmasters have added this architecture to security.debian.org and > connected a new build daemon to the archive. Future security > advisories will therefore list 12 architectures for the sarge release > and users of this port will be able to use the regular source for > security updates as well. > > > Future Plans for full AMD64 Support > > Several issues have to be resolved before the amd64 port can be fully > included. Most importantly the ftpmaster service needs to be moved to > its final destination, as its former hosting offer has been terminated > and it is now hosted in a temporary location. A detailed list of > things to do follows: > > 1. Add security support > 2. Move ftpmaster to its final location > 3. Implement the archive split > 4. Add amd64 architecture > 5. Rebuild the archive with regards to amd64 > 6. Eventually have full support for amd64 > > > Resources for the AMD64 Port > > Security Updates > deb http://security.debian.org stable/updates main > > CD and DVD Images > http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/unofficial/sarge-amd64/ > > AMD64 Packages > deb http://amd64.debian.net/debian main > > AMD64 Mirror List > http://amd64.debian.net/README.mirrors.html > > Differences to Debian 3.1 > http://amd64.debian.net/docs/package_changes.txt > > > About Debian > > The Debian project is an organisation of many developers who volunteer > their time and effort, collaborating via the Internet. Their tasks > include maintaining and updating Debian GNU/Linux which is a free > distribution of the GNU/Linux operating system. Debian's dedication > to Free Software, its non-profit nature, and its open development > model makes it unique among GNU/Linux distributions. > > > Contact Information > > For further information, please send email to the Debian Press Team > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> or visit the Debian homepage at <http://www.debian.org/>. >
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