Ubuntu 'Warty' to go unsupported on April 30 [LWN.net]

Ubuntu 'Warty' to go unsupported on April 30

Posted Mar 31, 2006 10:28 UTC (Fri) by jamesh (subscriber, #1159)
In reply to: Ubuntu 'Warty' to go unsupported on April 30 by vondo
Parent article: Ubuntu 'Warty' to go unsupported on April 30

Are you seriously suggesting that if Dapper was released on April 30th, and you were still using Warty, that you'd upgrade to it immediately?

If I was the cautious type and wanted to stay with a distro for extended periods, I'd probably want to see how the new distribution faired in the wild before doing the upgrade. What if you discovered some problem in the new version that made it unusable to you? What would you do if the problem could not be addressed immediately?

If that's the case, then I'd be considering my upgrade options in advance of the end of the maintenance window. That would mean upgrading to Breezy (which I'd be able to test out before doing a full rollout, while still having security support for all my systems).

Sure Dapper is just around the corner, but it will be around next time you upgrade. If you are still using Warty, it isn't because you are after the latest and greatest software.

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Ubuntu 'Warty' to go unsupported on April 30

Posted Apr 6, 2006 13:37 UTC (Thu) by hazelsct (guest, #3659) [Link]

No, the point was that if there were no support lapse, one could do the 4.10 -> 5.04 -> 5.10 -> 6.04 (6.06?) upgrade in a single downtime with one transition for users; now two will be required. And that is a very serious cost.