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Debian Squeezed in at the Wire

posted by janrinok on Saturday April 19 2014, @01:16AM   Printer-friendly

The Mighty Buzzard writes:

For those of you who thought Debian Stable wasn't stable enough, Michael Larabel over at Phoronix is reporting that Debian 6.0 "Squeeze" is being turned into an LTS release.

Regular security support for Debian 6.0 "Squeeze" was set to end after next month, but now the Debian developers have decided to provide security support for this 2011 Debian Linux release until February 2016 - marking five years since the original Debian 6.0 release.

 
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  • (Score: 2) by clone141166 on Saturday April 19 2014, @07:37AM

    by clone141166 (59) on Saturday April 19 2014, @07:37AM (#33304)

    Interesting story, grateful for the submission and the editing. But can we keep the humour to the "from the xxx-yyy-zzz department" byline.

    The headline itself is a bit confusing. I get that "squeezed" is a wordplay, hilarious stuff, but I feel like headlines should be informative; departmental bylines are there to contain the clever puns.

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  • (Score: 2) by wonkey_monkey on Saturday April 19 2014, @10:23AM

    by wonkey_monkey (279) on Saturday April 19 2014, @10:23AM (#33313) Homepage

    Agreed. The headline is an uninformative non-sequitur (or whatever the reverse is) at best, even after reading the summary.

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    • (Score: 1) by synaptik on Saturday April 19 2014, @06:41PM

      by synaptik (2754) on Saturday April 19 2014, @06:41PM (#33404)

      Within traditional print media, there is a long-standing tradition of puns in headlines. For instance:
      http://pleated-jeans.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/0 6/chick.jpeg [pleated-jeans.com]

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      • (Score: 2) by wonkey_monkey on Sunday April 20 2014, @12:06AM

        by wonkey_monkey (279) on Sunday April 20 2014, @12:06AM (#33480) Homepage

        Yes (although that one's not really a pun even if it was deliberate, which it might easily not have been), but there's also a long-standing tradition of headlines, above all, giving some indication of what the story is about.

        This one fails, entirely, to do so.

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  • (Score: 2) by janrinok on Saturday April 19 2014, @12:39PM

    by janrinok (52) Subscriber Badge on Saturday April 19 2014, @12:39PM (#33323) Journal

    I apologise for that. The heading is as it was received and I had intended to change it - for some reason I forgot. I will now stand in the corner facing the wall for a suitable period of time.