Ubuntu 7.10 - Supported to 2009

[Ioannis Vranos]

NoOp wrote:
> On 04/10/2008 02:51 PM, Ioannis Vranos wrote:
>> The Ubuntu web site says: "Ubuntu 7.10 - Supported to 2009".
>>
>> What does that support mean? All repositories will be kept up to date or
>> specific ones?
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Ioannis (John)
>>
> 
> It means that after April 2009 7.10 will reach EOL (End of Life) and
> will no longer be supported.
> 
> See:
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases
> http://www.ubuntu.com/products/whatisubuntu/releases
> 
> Example:
> http://www.ubuntu.com/news/ubuntu610end-of-life
> [At that time, Ubuntu Security Notices will no longer include
> information or updated packages for Ubuntu 6.10.]
> 
> Not to worry, Hardy will replace 6.10 and 7.10, and I am sure that a new
> non-LTS Alpha version will come out in the next 6 months or so.
> Otherwise we'd all be stuck with 8.10 in LTS time-warp mode for the next
> three years :-)


So, can we expect that all Ubuntu 7.10 repositories will keep being
updated up to 2009, or only specific ones? I am not talking about a
migration to a newer Ubuntu release.