On Sun, 2006-01-29 at 23:18 +0100, maximilian attems wrote: > On Sun, 29 Jan 2006, Moritz Muehlenhoff wrote: > > > Holger Levsen wrote: > > > Even though 2.4 is moving very slowly nowadays (mostly security > > > updates, > > > very seldom new drivers are including), this is more work than needed, > > > because every fix needs to be backported to 2.4.27 (and 2.4.18 for > > > woody). > > > > According to a linux-kernel posting by Marcelo Tosatti a few weeks ago 2.4 > > is now in strict maintenance mode, with only critical bug fixes being > > allowed. > > > > As of today several of the security fixes for 2.4 are already pushed > > upstream > > by Dann or Horms, it's unreasonable to do so until 2010, when Sarge's > > oldstable > > support will fade out. > > indeed both seem to do most of the 2.4 security support, > more than upstream does. > > so there word should count the most concerning an eventual 2.4 in etch.
Security support for 2.4 is already becoming difficult; I really wouldn't want to support it in the etch timeframe. Clearly we'll have to drop support for 2.4 at some point - I vote for when security support for sarge stops (after its lived out its oldstable lifespan). -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
