[ale] LTS doesn't always mean LTS

[Boris Borisov]

Isn't " use on your own risk" implied with Linux software. I don't  know
about a OS company "put whatever giant's name here" to sign under several
thousands packages.


On Monday, April 25, 2016, James Sumners <james.sumners at gmail.com> wrote:

> Nope. I meant it just as I wrote it. It had not other meaning. But you
> can read it however you like. I'm not going to lose any sleep over it.
>
> On Mon, Apr 25, 2016 at 12:42 PM, Jerald Sheets <questy at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Except the little statement “people with a clue”… implying anyone using
> the
> > product must NOT have a clue.  It is indeed insulting.
> >
> >
> > On Apr 25, 2016, at 12:26 PM, James Sumners <james.sumners at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > I wasn't. Except to the distro.
> >
> > On Monday, April 25, 2016, Todor Fassl <fassl.tod at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> No need to be insulting, guy.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On 04/25/2016 08:21 AM, James Sumners wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Why Ubuntu is used by people with a clue is beyond me. Well, except to
> >>> throw it at a family member who doesn't have one. But this even makes
> >>> that seem like a silly notion. There are better distributions out
> >>> there. Some even forked from Ubuntu.
> >>>
> >>> On Mon, Apr 25, 2016 at 9:02 AM, DJ-Pfulio <djpfulio at jdpfu.com> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> In Ubuntu LTS, there's an issue with many packages not receiving
> >>>> security updates.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> https://www.wilderssecurity.com/threads/ubuntu-lts-many-vulnerabilities-despite-long-term-support.385386/
> >>>> ====
> >>>> $ ubuntu-support-status --show-unsupported
> >>>> Support status summary of 'lubuntu':
> >>>>
> >>>> You have 196 packages (8.0%) supported until February 2015 (9m)
> >>>> You have 12 packages (0.5%) supported until January 2017 (9m)
> >>>> You have 1679 packages (68.8%) supported until May 2019 (5y)
> >>>> You have 148 packages (6.1%) supported until May 2017 (3y)
> >>>>
> >>>> You have 101 packages (4.1%) that can not/no-longer be downloaded
> >>>> You have 304 packages (12.5%) that are unsupported
> >>>>
> >>>> No longer downloadable:
> >>>>    <insert huge-ass-list> .......
> >>>>
> >>>> Unsupported:
> >>>>   <insert even-huger-huge-ass-list> ...



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