On Sun, 2009-11-08 at 18:06 +0000, Andy Smith wrote: > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases says 8.04 LTS is supported until > 2011 on the Desktop or 2013 on the Server. > > Can anyone tell me what that officially means? Officially what > defines a Server install? > > Given the average install that is pointing at the hardy repositories > and is dully updated, how would one find out which packages it has > on it that are not supported past 2011?
What defines a server is: - the kernel used - the seed that contains each packages in main as explained in [1]. As checking which package is in which seed is a bit complex, I have been working a script that provides the end-of-life(EOL) of each package installed on a given system [2]. For Dapper, as the seeds where not properly organized to automate this fully in a satisfactory manner, please refer to the email announcing the desktop EOL [3]. [1] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SeedManagement [2] https://launchpad.net/ubuntu-maintenance-check [3] https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-announce/2009-July/000123.html Nick
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