John Snow <js...@redhat.com> writes: > On 4/14/20 3:53 AM, Markus Armbruster wrote: >> John Snow <js...@redhat.com> writes: >> > >>> Debian: >>> 8/Jessie: We don't support this anymore AFAIUI. >> >> Correct. >> >> docs/system/build-platforms.rst: >> >> For distributions with long-lifetime releases, the project will aim >> to support the most recent major version at all times. Support for >> the previous major version will be dropped 2 years after the new >> major version is released, or when it reaches "end of life". >> >> Debian 8 reached end of life in 2018, one year after 9's release. >> > > Debian 8 has "long-term support" until 2020-06-30. I only bring this > point up because we still list "Debian" under the "long-lifetime > releases" section, but are excluding the version of Debian that has > "Long-term" in the name. > > Pedantic, yes. > > Is it worth clarifying that we treat Debian as a "long-lifetime" release > distro, but we do not count their "long-term" support for purposes of > calculating EOL?
LTS is a separate project under the Debian umbrella. Our list of distributions with long-lifetime releases says "Debian", not "Debian LTS". It does say "Ubuntu LTS". Pedantic? Yes. Worth clarifying? Probably. Putting Debian under short-lifetime distributions would stretch "short" to roughly three years.
