Re: EOL for bookworm-backports

Micha Lenk <[email protected]> Sat, 13 Jun 2026 23:03:26 +0200
Newsgroups gmane.linux.debian.backports.general
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Hi Ben,

Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent=2Eorg=2Euk> hat am 04=2E06=2E2026 16:18 CEST g=
eschrieben:
> As bookworm is about to be handed over from the security and stable
> release teams to LTS team maintenance, I assume that the backports team
> will also stop supporting it soon=2E
>=20
> Do you plan to do that on 11th June (when security updates are handed
> over), on 11th July (the last point release), or some other date?

Thanks for raising it=2E To be honest, I didn't plan anything at all but j=
ust realized we should we should cease support for bookworm-backports and b=
ookworm-backports-sloppy as well=2E

I have no strong opinion on that=2E So, let's do it on July 11th 2026=2E

Best regards,
Micha
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<!DOCTYPE html><html><body><div dir=3D"auto">Hi Ben,<br><br>Ben Hutchings &=
lt;ben@decadent=2Eorg=2Euk&gt; hat am 04=2E06=2E2026 16:18 CEST geschrieben=
:<br>&gt; As bookworm is about to be handed over from the security and stab=
le<br>&gt; release teams to LTS team maintenance, I assume that the backpor=
ts team<br>&gt; will also stop supporting it soon=2E<br>&gt; <br>&gt; Do yo=
u plan to do that on 11th June (when security updates are handed<br>&gt; ov=
er), on 11th July (the last point release), or some other date?<br><br>Than=
ks for raising it=2E To be honest, I didn't plan anything at all but just r=
ealized we should we should cease support for bookworm-backports and bookwo=
rm-backports-sloppy as well=2E<br><br>I have no strong opinion on that=2E S=
o, let's do it on July 11th 2026=2E<br><br>Best regards,<br>Micha</div></bo=
dy></html>
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