On Mon, Mar 10, 2008 at 11:34:25PM +0000, Stephen Gran wrote: > This one time, at band camp, Filipus Klutiero said: > > >This one time, at band camp, Filipus Klutiero said: > > >> RHEL and derivatives: 7 years > > > > > >This is longer than Debian. > > > > > >> openSUSE: 2 years > > >> Ubuntu: a bit more complex. > > >> 1.5 in general > > >> LTS releases: 3 on desktop, 5 on server > > > > > >These are all shorter, except for Ubuntu server LTS. > > > > > No, support for Ubuntu LTS in general is longer. Ubuntu LTS is supported > > for 3 years on the desktop, which is more than Debian 3.1. > > And less than 3.0.
This is a remarkable way to make the blatant failure to release Sarge in a timely manner an advantage from a different poit of view. If we really manage to release stable every 18 months, that would make the normal support cycle for any stable release 30 months. Which is not bad, but will drive corporate users who are used to updates being as painful as a reinstall away from us and towards Ubuntu LTS (if they want Debian technology) or to the commercial server variants. Greetings Marc -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Marc Haber | "I don't trust Computers. They | Mailadresse im Header Mannheim, Germany | lose things." Winona Ryder | Fon: *49 621 72739834 Nordisch by Nature | How to make an American Quilt | Fax: *49 3221 2323190 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
