On 11/11/2009 04:25 PM, James Dinkel wrote: > > On Sun, Nov 8, 2009 at 2:17 PM, Nicolas Barcet > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > 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 > > 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.
I may not have been clear, but this is exactly what I have been trying to provide with ubuntu-maintenance-check [2]. Please give it a try and file wishlist bugs if you would like to see additional features. Nick -- ubuntu-server mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server More info: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ServerTeam
