[Ryedale] Debian (Etch) security info

[Martin Wheldon]

Hi folks,

Just a quick note for people running Subversion from the Etch
repositories that to ensure a clean upgrade
then you must dump your subversion dataset and reimport it following
the upgrade.

I'm pretty sure someone asked me if I had issues when I upgraded to
Lenny, and I believe that was the only one.

Cheers

Martin

On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 5:22 PM, Al Girling <al at gcguk.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> Just came across this and though others would be interested.
>
> "Security Support for Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 to be terminated on February
> 15th
>
> One year after the release of Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 alias lenny and
> nearly three years after the release of Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 alias etch
> the security support for the old distribution (4.0 alias etch) is coming
> to an end next month. The Debian project is proud to be able to support
> its old distribution for such a long time and even for one year after a
> new version has been released.
>
> The Debian project released Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 alias lenny on the 15th
> of February 2009. Users and distributors have been given a one-year
> timeframe to upgrade their old installations to the current stable
> release. Hence, the security support for the old release of 4.0 is going
> to end in February 2010 as previously announced.
>
> Previously announced security updates for the old release will continue
> to be available on security.debian.org."
>
> I know that Paul T is, like me, still running an Etch box, so it looks
> like it's time to take the plunge and upgrade.
>
> Toodle pip,
>
> Al
>
>
> --
> Alistair Girling
>
> Home-page:                      <http://al.sdf-eu.org>
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