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Re: LTS versions - confusion

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On Mon, Sep 13, 2021 at 10:18:54AM -0400, Tanstaafl wrote:
> I'm a former Gentoo user, and really appreciated the rolling release
> aspect, since it meant no huge jumps between LTS releases with other
> distros.
> 
> So... what is the current LTS version and when is its EOL, and when will
> the next one be released, and what will be its EOL?

Debian doesn't have "LTS versions" in the way you're thinking.  Every
Debian release goes through the same lifecycle:

1) Prior to release, a given version undergoes a period as "testing".
   Users are free to install it and play around with it and report
   bugs.

2) After a while of that, a release date is chosen.  The release goes
   into "freeze" (varying stages, actually), and no new stuff is allowed
   in.  Bugs are fixed, or if a package can't be fixed up, it's
   removed.

3) When the release date arrives, the version goes from "testing" to
   "stable".  Celebrations happen, etc.

4) During its time as "stable", a release gets no new versions of software
   (except in special situations), and no bug fixes other than security
   or major bugs.

5) When a new stable release happens, the previous release becomes
   "oldstable".  It still receives security bug fix support for a year.

6) After that year, the release goes into "long-term support" mode, and
   received security bug fix support from a different team.  The LTS
   team may choose to support only server packages, not desktop packages.

7) After about 2 years of LTS support, the release reached end of life,
   and is no longer officially supported.

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LTS versions - confusion Tanstaafl <tanstaafl@libertytrek.org> - 2021-09-13 16:50 +0200
  Re: LTS versions - confusion Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2021-09-13 17:00 +0200
    Re: LTS versions - confusion Roberto C. Sánchez <roberto@debian.org> - 2021-09-14 08:40 +0200
  Re: LTS versions - confusion IL Ka <kazakevichilya@gmail.com> - 2021-09-13 17:00 +0200
  Re: LTS versions - confusion Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2021-09-13 17:10 +0200
    Re: LTS versions - confusion Tanstaafl <tanstaafl@libertytrek.org> - 2021-09-14 22:40 +0200
      Re: LTS versions - confusion Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2021-09-14 22:50 +0200
        Re: LTS versions - confusion deloptes <emanoil.kotsev@deloptes.org> - 2021-09-14 23:10 +0200
      Re: LTS versions - confusion Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2021-09-15 00:20 +0200
        Re: LTS versions - confusion Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> - 2021-09-15 09:00 +0200
        Re: LTS versions - confusion Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2021-09-15 15:20 +0200
      Re: LTS versions - confusion The Wanderer <wanderer@fastmail.fm> - 2021-09-15 04:50 +0200
        Re: LTS versions - confusion Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2021-09-15 12:50 +0200
          Re: LTS versions - confusion The Wanderer <wanderer@fastmail.fm> - 2021-09-15 13:10 +0200
          Re: LTS versions - confusion Tanstaafl <tanstaafl@libertytrek.org> - 2021-09-15 17:00 +0200
        Re: LTS versions - confusion John Hasler <john@sugarbit.com> - 2021-09-15 17:00 +0200
          Re: LTS versions - confusion Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> - 2021-09-16 06:00 +0200
      Re: LTS versions - confusion <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2021-09-15 08:10 +0200
      Re: LTS versions - confusion Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> - 2021-09-15 09:10 +0200
        Re: LTS versions - confusion "Andrew M.A. Cater" <amacater@einval.com> - 2021-09-15 10:40 +0200
  Re: LTS versions - confusion Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> - 2021-09-14 08:50 +0200
    Re: LTS versions - confusion "Andrew M.A. Cater" <amacater@einval.com> - 2021-09-14 16:40 +0200
      Re: LTS versions - confusion l0f4r0@tuta.io - 2021-09-14 19:00 +0200

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