On Wed, Oct 15, 2008 at 08:36:05AM +0100, David Woodhouse wrote:
If we present the _appearance_ of a distro with security updates, while in fact there are serious security issues being unfixed, then that is _much_ worse than the current "That distro is EOL. Upgrade before you get hacked" messaging.
The aim here is not to present the _appearance_ of a distro with security updates but give the choice to the user either to upgrade or to stick with a distro where some packages will not be maintained. Something along "That distro is EOL. Upgrade before you get hacked. Alternatively, and at your own risk, you can enable a repository where some packages are updated on a volunteer basis, but some packages aren't maintained anymore."
With a page listing which packages are still supported.
-- Pat