[sf-lug] sf-lug.com: Fwd: Security Support for Debian 4.0 to be terminated

[jim]

   re michael's note that we should upgrade the OS 
that's supporting SF-LUG's .com web site (and some 
balug stuff, too): seems to me we should make a 
plan to 
* figure out what to do. 
* when and where to do it. 

   i suggest sometime during the week of 20100125. 
who's interested? 

jim 



On Thu, 2010-01-21 at 06:06 -0800, Michael Paoli wrote:
> This will impact the sf-lug.com. domU on host viki - hopefully we'll
> be all upgraded before 2010-02-15; some outages (sf-lug.com,
> but not sf-lug.org) will be
> necessary.
> 
> ----- Forwarded message from tolimar at debian.org -----
>      Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2010 11:04:24 +0100
>      From: "Alexander Reichle-Schmehl" <tolimar at debian.org>
>   Subject: Security Support for Debian 4.0 to be terminated
>        To: debian-announce at lists.debian.org
> 
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------
> The Debian Project                                 http://www.debian.org/
> Security Support for Debian 4.0 to be terminated         press at debian.org
> January 21st, 2010               http://www.debian.org/News/2010/20100121
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> 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.
> 
> 
> Security Updates
> ----------------
> 
> The Debian Security Team provides security updates for the current
> distribution via <http://security.debian.org/>.  Security updates for the
> old distribution are also provided for one year after the new
> distribution has been released or until the current distribution is
> superseded, whatever happens first.
> 
> 
> Upgrading to Debian 5.0 alias "lenny"
> -------------------------------------
> 
> Upgrades to Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 from the previous release, Debian
> GNU/Linux 4.0 alias "etch" are automatically handled by the aptitude
> package management tool for most configurations, and to a certain degree
> also by the apt-get package management tool. As always, Debian GNU/Linux
> systems can be upgraded painlessly, in place, without any forced
> downtime, but it is strongly recommended to read the release notes[1] for
> possible issues, and for detailed instructions on installing and
> upgrading.
> 
>    1: http://www.debian.org/releases/lenny/releasenotes
> 
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