I've always kept a minimal amount of packages installed on my servers. For instance, I'm pretty certain that a default install from the "Server" disc plus Apache and php, would all be considered "server" packages. I don't put X, Gnome, etc on it. With that said, it would be nice to know for certain the EOL for all packages. Maybe even having a script that will run on your own system and list any packages that are not under "server" support.
On Sun, Nov 8, 2009 at 2:17 PM, Nicolas Barcet <[email protected]>wrote: > 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 > > -- > ubuntu-server mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server > More info: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ServerTeam >
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