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Re: Update required for Debathena on PRD.MIT.EDU
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Adam Seering)
Mon Dec 13 10:12:01 2010
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From: Adam Seering <adam@seering.org>
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Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2010 10:04:28 -0500
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Hi,
Thanks for the heads-up; I'd forgotten what those machines were running... Just letting you know that prd and baby-ducks have both been upgraded to Lucid.
Out of curiosity, how long do you plan to provide updates for the DebAthena Lucid packages? As long as Lucid itself?
Thanks,
Adam
On Dec 6, 2010, at 2:00 PM, Jonathan Reed wrote:
> Hello,
>
> You are receiving this e-mail because you are listed as the Moira
> contact for PRD.MIT.EDU.
>
> This machine is currently running Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty). Ubuntu 9.04 was
> desupported by Ubuntu at the end of October. This means that your
> workstation will no longer receive security updates or bugfixes, so we
> recommend you upgrade your workstation to Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid) as soon
> as possible.
>
> ** In the future, to ensure you continue to receive important
> information about supported versions of Debathena, please add yourself
> to the release-announce mailing list. This list is very low-traffic,
> with only 4-5 e-mails per year. You may subscribe to the list at:
> https://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/release-announce
>
> If you choose to upgrade your workstation, please note that the upgrade
> is a two-step process: you will need to first upgrade to Ubuntu 9.10
> (Karmic), and from there to Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid). Alternatively, you
> may choose to backup any local data, and re-install your workstation.
>
> Instructions on upgrading your workstation can be found at:
> http://kb.mit.edu/confluence/x/TgVa
>
> As with any software installation or upgrade, we recommend that you
> have a recent backup of your locally-stored data before beginning the
> upgrade process. We also recommend you fully test any important
> software before upgrading, or consider installing a new, separate Lucid
> workstation.
>
> If you have any questions, don't hesitate to send e-mail to
> debathena@mit.edu.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Jonathan Reed IS&T Athena Release Team release-team@mit.edu
>
