[bitfolk] Debian LTS (Was Re: I've broken my Debian Jessie package update / upgrade system)

Hello, On Mon, Apr 29, 2019 at 01:53:53PM +0200, Richard Glynos wrote: As an aside, were users of Debian jessie here generally aware that since June 2018 jessie has not been supported by Debian's security team but instead by the LTS project? https://wiki.debian.org/LTS/ The people working on the LTS project (i.e. the Debian developers actually making the package updates) are paid to do so by sponsors, and BitFolk has been a bronze level sponsor for quite a few years. BitFolk used to allow the option of donating your referral bonuses to Debian but I stopped offering this a long time ago because it became difficult to give the money to Debian in an accountant-friendly way, as Debian is not a legal entity. I've been toying with the idea of bringing the option back, but funnelling the funds into the LTS project instead, as that is administered by a real company (Freexian SARL) that sends invoices. Though at €85/hour (€75/hour of which goes to the developer) I expect it would be quite some time before this would support an increase from 1 to 2 hours per month. https://www.freexian.com/services/debian-lts.html If you run a business that depends on longer support of Debian releases then you might want to consider helping to do it (if you're a Debian Developer) or directly paying other DDs to do it through the Freexian sponsorship. A bonus of sponsoring this is that you get to send a list of packages that you use and the LTS team will work on those packages by preference. Cheers, Andy -- https://bitfolk.com/ -- No-nonsense VPS hosting