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Debian trends...Debian trends...Posted Jan 2, 2003 16:23 UTC (Thu) by hazelsct (guest, #3659)Parent article: Distribution support: how long is long enough? Speaking of distribution support, it's interesting to note that the all-volunteer Debian project has gone from dropping support for the old release one month after the new (as was done in the slink->potato transition) to something which while not yet well-defined, is considerably longer. Potato, released in 2000, is still supported, five months after the woody release (and two and a half years after its own release!), and since many users still have systems running potato, there are no plans to end support for it. Like you point out, we can do this because all of the software is free; we also seem to have a sufficient base of dedicated volunteers to do a good job of long-term support.
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