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Re: [DRAFT 3] [debathena-announce] End of life announcement for Ubuntu Dapper and Gutsy
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (William Cattey)
Wed Apr 8 16:39:57 2009
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From: William Cattey <wdc@MIT.EDU>
Date: Wed, 8 Apr 2009 16:38:51 -0400
To: Evan Broder <broder@mit.edu>
Looks good to my eye.
-Bill
On Apr 8, 2009, at 4:27 PM, Evan Broder wrote:
> Reply-To: debathena@mit.edu
> To: debathena-announce@mit.edu
>
> Hi everyone -
> On April 18, 2009, we will be ending support for Debathena on
> Ubuntu
> 7.10 Gutsy Gibbon and 6.06 LTS Dapper Drake. If you are using
> Debathena
> on either of these two Ubuntu versions, we encourage you to
> upgrade to
> a later version before April 18.
>
> We are ending the support period for Debathena on Gutsy at the same
> time
> as Ubuntu ends support of Gutsy. Upgrading from a release after its
> end
> of life is painful, so if you are using Ubuntu Gutsy in any capacity,
> you should upgrade now.
>
> While Ubuntu will continue to support Dapper for another 2 months on
> desktops and 2 years on servers, we are choosing to end Debathena
> support early. Dapper is the oldest release that we currently
> support by
> almost a year, and it is showing its age. It lacks many features which
> have made Debathena development easy, and in some cases, possible.
> Furthermore, it is our belief that nobody has installed or used
> Debathena on Dapper for over 6 months.
>
> For both Dapper and Gutsy, Ubuntu only supports direct upgrades to
> Ubuntu 8.04 LTS Hardy Heron. Instructions for that process are
> available
> at <https://help.ubuntu.com/community/HardyUpgrades>. If you would
> like
> to upgrade to Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid, you should first upgrade to Hardy
> and then upgrade to Intrepid.
>
> Please note: upgrading from one Ubuntu release to another can cause
> Debathena to get disabled in your apt configuration. After upgrading
> from one release to another, be sure to follow the directions at
> <http://kb.mit.edu/confluence/x/oyRB> to re-enable Debathena.
>
> As always feel free to contact the Debathena team at debathena@mit.edu
> if you have any questions, comments, or concerns.
>
> Thanks,
> - Evan
> for the SIPB Debathena Team
>
>
>
>
