Ubuntu makes a distinction between server and desktop. Ubuntu desktop LTS is supported for 3 years and Ubuntu server LTS for 5 years.
According to http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/download-server Ubuntu server 8.04 is maintained until April 2013. Kind regards, Martijn Brinkers Colton Smith wrote: > Hi, > > Many thanks for the heads-up! We deploy the VM and upgraded as instructed, > and all seems well. > > I believe Ubuntu 8.04 LTS and only going to be maintained until April 2011 > ... see http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/download ... I'm I interpreting that > correctly? > > Thanks again! > ________________________________________ > From: [email protected] [[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Martijn Brinkers [[email protected]] > Sent: Wednesday, April 07, 2010 6:13 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Djigzo users] Warning: Java update and JCE unlimited strength > policy files > > > Does this mean .deb packages are only released for the new LTS version > > further on?? As we do not always upgrade immediately we would like to > > see support for 8.04 LTS a little bit longer if possible. After all > > that's the advantage of LTS... > > No, I will make sure that 8.04 will be supported as long as Ubuntu will > support 8.04 (so that should be at least until 2013 I belief). I > personally use 8.04 on some of my own servers and I only upgrade if I > really have to. > > What I should have said is that once the new LTS release (10.04) is out > the Virtual Appliance will probably be based on the new LTS release. Not > immediately but after some time once we know that 10.04 is stable > enough. The reason we will use the new LTS is that the new LTS will > again be supported for 5 years. > > Kind regards, > > Martijn Brinkers > -- Djigzo open source email encryption _______________________________________________ Users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.djigzo.com/lists/listinfo/users
