On 12/20/05, David McDowell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Wow, that's great! I didn't realize Ubuntu was going to change the > release cycle as such. :) :) that's good news for that community.
Not the release cycle, the SUPPORT cycle. In other words they will still put out new releases every six months, but they will continue to provide security updates for 3-5 years for all previous releases back to 5.10. This is great for server installations who don't want to upgrade on their own schedule. In contrast debian stops security updates on the previous stable release rather quickly, folks runnng Woody are going to have to upgrade to Sarge pretty soon in order to still get security updates. > As for upgrades, I've never really had any major problems... but I > generally tend to avoid major release "upgrades" these days and opt > for the "migrate to new install" option. Ah well, to each his own, > thanks for the Ubuntu news! :) The debian based systems seem to do the best in supporting non-distruptive release upgrades. The real plus for Ubuntu is that it combines this ease of upgrading with support from Shuttleworth's Ubuntu foundation for old releases meaning that you can upgrade pretty much on your own schedule according to your own priorities. -- Rick DeNatale Visit the Project Mercury Wiki Site http://www.mercuryspacecraft.com/ -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/
