On 11/02/2008, Jani Monoses <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > That'd be my typing. I know Xubuntu is not supported by Canonical, but > > it does receive security updates for a longer period. So, does that mean > > Xubuntu is an LTS and the text on xubuntu.org <http://xubuntu.org> is > > correct, or should I update the website? > > In practice I do not think there have been more than a handful of > updates to Xubuntu apps which are not in Ubuntu, so I think it is > misleading to call it LTS. We do not guarantee that we fix Xfce, > Gnumeric, Abiword or other packages issues. It is usually better > supported than a regular release since base system and apps where most > security issues are found are taken care of. > > We may need a better explanation but I think LTS implies Canonical paid > support is valid for the same period (someone needs to check) and that > is definitely not the case for Xubuntu yet.
OK, does anyone have any suggestions for a better term than "LTS" to use for Xubuntu? Jani -- Vincent
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