Security Support for Debian 3.1 to be terminated [LWN.net]

Security Support for Debian 3.1 to be terminated

Posted Mar 3, 2008 21:12 UTC (Mon) by tzafrir (subscriber, #11501)
In reply to: Security Support for Debian 3.1 to be terminated by sbergman27
Parent article: Security Support for Debian 3.1 to be terminated

One point to consider regarding the upgrade path:

Debian covers much more of the software you'll need in the supported and tested main
repository. Upgrading of packages in main is actually tested.

Yes, migrating the data will probably take work in some cases. But much of the work is
automated by maintainers scripts.

Enterprise distributions support less software for longer time periods. One result is that
you'll have to use more custom software of your own.

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Security Support for Debian 3.1 to be terminated

Posted Mar 3, 2008 22:53 UTC (Mon) by man_ls (subscriber, #15091) [Link]

Good point. 14k packages (in Sarge) is a lot, and probably covers most "real enterprise use" you might imagine, unlike with some other OS vendors. (Some more than others.)

Also note that the upgrade path is supported: bugs in the OS upgrade are treated like real bugs, unlike with some other OS vendors who will tell you "oh it's just so hard". So by the time support for a version is dropped the upgrade path to the next is well tested and will probably go smoothly.