From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: by yocto-www.yoctoproject.org (Postfix, from userid 118) id E991AE00C00; Thu, 11 Feb 2016 06:28:13 -0800 (PST) X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.1 (2010-03-16) on yocto-www.yoctoproject.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.3.1 X-Spam-HAM-Report: * -1.9 BAYES_00 BODY: Bayes spam probability is 0 to 1% * [score: 0.0001] X-Greylist: delayed 401 seconds by postgrey-1.32 at yocto-www; Thu, 11 Feb 2016 06:28:09 PST Received: from tauism.org (leverton.org [80.229.14.145]) by yocto-www.yoctoproject.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4E5ABE00BF4 for ; Thu, 11 Feb 2016 06:28:09 -0800 (PST) Received: (qmail 17545 invoked from network); 11 Feb 2016 14:21:27 +0000 Received: from unknown (HELO localhost) (127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 11 Feb 2016 14:21:27 +0000 X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at hub.home Received: from hub.home ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (hub.home [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with SMTP id n9gFjmzcS_UM for ; Thu, 11 Feb 2016 14:21:21 +0000 (GMT) Received: (nullmailer pid 17538 invoked by uid 130); Thu, 11 Feb 2016 14:21:21 -0000 X-OS-Fingerprint: (up 60) (distance -1, link IPIP tunnel) Received: from inspiredesigns.force9.co.uk (HELO nickl.localnet) (80.229.47.107) (smtp-auth username nj@leverton.org, mechanism login) by tauism.org (qpsmtpd/0.84) with (AES256-SHA encrypted) ESMTPSA; Thu, 11 Feb 2016 14:21:21 +0000 From: Nick Leverton To: yocto@yoctoproject.org Date: Thu, 11 Feb 2016 14:21:06 +0000 Message-ID: <3534892.4K3lPByQ7B@nickl> User-Agent: KMail/4.14.1 (Linux/4.3.0-0.bpo.1-amd64; KDE/4.14.2; x86_64; ; ) In-Reply-To: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: Dropping Debian 7 as supported? X-BeenThere: yocto@yoctoproject.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussion of all things Yocto Project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 11 Feb 2016 14:28:14 -0000 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" On Thursday 11 Feb 2016 14:11:36 Burton, Ross wrote: > Hi, >=20 > I'm proposing that we drop Debian 7 from the supported distributions = list > in master, so that the 2.1 release supports Debian 8. Debian 7 was > released in 2013, Debian 8 superceded it in April 2015 so will have b= een > out for a year when 2.1 is released, which also means that is when De= bian 7 > stops receiving security fixes. Nobody should be running Debian 7 aft= er > April 2016! >=20 > Any objections? Possibly a little early - Debian 7 will be going onto LTS security supp= ort for=20 two years, starting some time this month. Quoting from=20 https://wiki.debian.org/LTS "Debian 6 =E2=80=9CSqueeze=E2=80=9D until February 2016 Debian 7 =E2=80=9CWheezy=E2=80=9D from February 2016 to May 2018 Debian 8 =E2=80=9CJessie=E2=80=9C from May 2018 to April/May 2020" Nick