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Re: [DRAFT 4] [debathena-announce] End of life announcement for
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Tim Abbott)
Thu Apr 9 11:30:42 2009
Date: Thu, 9 Apr 2009 11:30:04 -0400 (EDT)
From: Tim Abbott <tabbott@MIT.EDU>
To: Evan Broder <broder@mit.edu>
cc: Debathena <debathena@mit.edu>
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Looks fine to me.
-Tim Abbott
On Thu, 9 Apr 2009, Evan Broder wrote:
> 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
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
