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| DATE | 2007-10-15 |
| FROM | Ruben Safir
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| SUBJECT | Subject: [NYLXS - HANGOUT] [meissner@suse.de: [security-announce] Advance notice of discontinuation of regular support for SLES 8]
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Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2007 14:23:57 +0200
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Subject: [security-announce] Advance notice of discontinuation of regular support for SLES 8
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Dear opensuse-security-announce subscribers and SUSE Linux Enterprise customers,
SUSE Security announces that the regular maintenance, security and L3
support for the SUSE LINUX Enterprise 8 line of products will end
after November 2007.
The SUSE LINUX Enterprise 8 line consists of the following products:
- SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 8
- SUSE LINUX Openexchange Server 4.0
- SUSE LINUX Openexchange Server 4.1
- SUSE LINUX Retail Solution 8
- SUSE LINUX Standard Server 8
- SUSE LINUX Desktop 1.0
- UnitedLinux 1.0
All updates published will continue to be available for self-service
download until November 2012.
We will however be offering Extended Support for 2 years for the SUSE
Linux Enterprise Server 8 product only.
The extended support has following limits:
- The offer is limited to the processor platforms Intel 32bit (i386)
and IBM S/390 31bit (s390).
- Only critical security problems will be fixed, others depending
evaluation.
- A certain sub-set of packages is no longer fixed. This list includes
binary only software like Acrobat Reader, Java, and also some opensource
software (Mozilla, PHP4, ucdsnmpd, snort, SpamAssassin, PostgreSQL).
- Additional update rights need to be purchased for the extension to
be activated.
Please contact a Novell sales representative for more information
if you are interested.
Following SUSE Linux Enterprise product lines will continue to be
available with following end dates:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 - General Support until July 2009
(and Novell Linux Desktop 9) Extended Support until July 2011
SUSE Linux Enterprise 10 - General Support until July 2011
Extended Support until July 2013
To learn more about SUSE Linux business products, please visit
http://www.novell.com/linux/suse/
For a detailed list of the life cycles of our Enterprise Products
please visit http://support.novell.com/lifecycle/ and
http://support.novell.com/lifecycle/lcSearchResults.jsp?sl=suse
If you have any questions regarding this announcement, please do not
hesitate your sales or support representative or to contact SUSE Security
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