2012/8/13 Steven Chamberlain <[email protected]>: > The 9.0 kernel was meant to receive upstream security support only until > the end of January 2013. It seems likely we would want to release 9.1 > through t-p-u, for the first point release after wheezy. 9.1 could then > be expected to get extended security support of two years from its > release, which is plenty.
It's harder than it looks. It wouldn't surprise me if this forced upgrade of userland part of the stack too, like transition to 9.0 did. > I also notice that 8.1 became end-of-life at the end of July, so the > recent security fix could be the last. Version 8.2 in squeeze-backports > also became end-of-life at the same time. So I'm not sure where that > leaves current squeeze users. I wouldn't worry about this, it's probably just a matter of backporting a few patches. And in the rare event that an issue specific to old version arises, I think we have the expertise to fix it. > I wonder if a squeeze backport of 8.3 is viable (it would also need > newer zfstools, at least), just in case some awkward problem befalls 8.1 > in the next ~15 months. A while ago I looked into that, too. But it's a lot of work. The kernel<->user interfaces are far less stable than they are on Linux. -- Robert Millan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/CAOfDtXNqPD8XmHFeZzkDEBaYJaXPUrGFwg=5bkb8yoqfcvo...@mail.gmail.com
