long term support, multiple kernels, etc

On Tue, Oct 18, 2005 at 07:24:13AM -0700, Ben Collins wrote:
> - Should we support the server for 5 years?

We're committed to this (http://www.ubuntu.com/UbuntuFoundation); it's
more a question of "how do we" than of "should we" now.

> I think this topic needs more discussion at UBZ. The onyl thing I keep
> thinking about is that if we release every 6 months, in 5 years, we'll
> have 9-10 kernels to support at one time, just for the server.

Fortunately, we're not going to be doing the five-year support thing for
every release, only for occasional ones. You're right that that would be
unmanageable.

Cheers,

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Colin Watson                                       [cjwatson at ubuntu.com]