On Thu, 19 Mar 2009 15:01:13 +0000, Alan Pope <alan@???> wrote:
> 2009/3/19 Ian Hobson <ian@???>:
>> If I understand you correctly, this will mean that a Ubuntu Hardy slice
>> will become an orphan with no
>> upgrade path when LTS ends in April 2011.
>>
>
> Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy Heron) support runs till April 2013 on the server,
> it's 2011 on the desktop.
>
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases
>
> Also note that Ubuntu supports LTS to LTS release upgrades. So when
> the next LTS comes out (_probably_ 10.04) then you should be able to
> go direct from 8.04 to 10.04.
However, since Ubuntu have deprecated Xen as their preferred virtualisation
solution as passed maintenance to the community, presumably that means a
fault free upgrade isn't guaranteed?*
Tony
* In the sense that there's ever a guarantee of a fault free upgrade. :)
