[SLUG] Mandrake ANNOUNCEMENT: End of life product policy

[Adams, Jamie]

This might be of interest to owners of Mandrake Software.

Jamie

> From: Vincent Danen <vdanen at mandrakesoft.com>
> To: announce at mandrakesecure.net
> Cc: security-announce at linux-mandrake.com
> Subject: [Security Announce] ANNOUNCEMENT: End of life product policy
> Date: 03 Feb 2003 16:17:00 -0700
> 
> This email outlines and clarifies the product lifetime for the
Mandrake
> Linux operating system, and gives the end of life dates of our
products.
> 
> With the forthcoming release of Mandrake Linux 9.1, we are forced to
> consider the product lifetime of existing products.  Because every
update
> released by MandrakeSoft involves extensive testing and QA, we feel
that 
> we are better able to provide support for, and deliver timely support
of, 
> our products by discontinuing support for "legacy" distributions.
> 
> The product life of Mandrake Linux products has not been publicly
> disclosed, and as a result customers may have been forced into quick
> migrations to newer products to continue receiving security and bug
fix
> updates.  We believe that customers should be able to plan migrations
to 
> newer distributions well in advance of their discontinuation date.
> 
> With the release of Mandrake Linux 9.1, we will put in place a cycle
that
> customers can easily anticipate.  MandrakeSoft will provide 12 months
of
> "desktop" support for distributions, and 18 months of "base" support
for
> distributions.  This means that applications such as window managers,
> desktop environments, browsers, etc. will have a 12 month support
life,
> while applications such as the kernel, Apache, and other "base"
components
> will have a support life of 18 months.  At certain times, MandrakeSoft
may
> choose to extend support for certain versions of Mandrake Linux.
> 
> Finally, specialized "server" products, will have a full life support
of 
> no less than 24 months.
> 
> The following is a schedule of when support will be dropped for
products
> that are currently supported:
> 
>   Product			Desktop Updates		Base Updates
>   --------------------  	----------------------
------------------
>   Mandrake Linux 7.2		immediately		March 31, 2003
>   Mandrake Linux 8.0		immediately		March 31, 2003
>   Mandrake Linux 8.1		March 31, 2003		March 31, 2003
>   Single Network Firewall 7.2	n/a			June 1, 2003
>   Mandrake Linux 8.2		March 31, 2003		September 30,
2003
>   Mandrake Linux 9.0		September 30, 2003	March 31, 2004
>   Multi Network Firewall 8.2	n/a			December 12,
2004
> 
> All users of these products should plan to upgrade before the noted
> termination of support dates in order to continue receiving updates.
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
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