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Re: [DRAFT 4] [debathena-announce] End of life announcement for Ubuntu
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Evan Broder)
Thu Apr 9 11:27:50 2009
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Date: Thu, 09 Apr 2009 11:22:58 -0400
From: Evan Broder <broder@MIT.EDU>
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I'm going to plan to send this tomorrow morning, so if you have any
outstanding tweaks or edits, you should find them by then.
- Evan
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 provide limited support for Dapper for
> another 2 years, we are ending Debathena support for Dapper now because
> we believe there are currently no Debathena Dapper installations.
> Furthermore, we've found that supporting Dapper slows development
> because all new features need to be backported to a 3 year old platform.
>
> 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
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