LUG: When do security updates for Ubuntu 9.10 end? - Wed, 28 Apr 2010 10:08:36 -0400

Subject : LUG: When do security updates for Ubuntu 9.10 end?

From : "Daniel Underwood" <daniel.underwood@ncsu.[redacted]>

Date : Wed, 28 Apr 2010 10:08:36 -0400

Reading from this website

<http://bit.ly/cASYbf>

it appears that "support" will last for 18 months from the date it was
released. But what exactly does "support" mean? Does it mean that
after the 18 months, if security vulnerabilities are found and patched
in software on my system, I will be unable to update Ubuntu? In other
words, will Canonical completely quit providing updated packages after
the 18 months?

I'm not eager to upgrade my production machine from 9.10 to 10.04 (LTS).
But ultimately I may have no choice, if indeed Canonical will quit
providing security updates :(

Can someone clue me in here?
--
Daniel Underwood
North Carolina State University
Graduate Student - Operations Research
email: daniel.underwood@ncsu.[redacted]
phone: XXX.302.3291
fax: XXX.515.5281
web: http://www4.ncsu.edu/~djunderw/

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