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[debathena-announce] End of life announcement for Ubuntu Dapper and
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Evan Broder)
Thu Apr 9 15:14:52 2009
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Date: Thu, 09 Apr 2009 15:14:23 -0400
From: Evan Broder <broder@MIT.EDU>
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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
