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[Max Bowsher <maxb@xxxxxxx>]

Francis J. Lacoste wrote:
> On October 6, 2009, Michael Hudson wrote:
>> Max Bowsher wrote:
>>> The dev wiki currently claims that you can build LP on Hardy through
>>> Karmic. Given the current state of the Launchpad PPA for Intrepid (old
>>> launchpad-dependencies version), that's a bit of a fib.
>>>
>>> We ought to resolve this situation one way or another.
>>>
>> >From Canonical's POV, I don't think we care at all about Intrepid any
>>
>> more.  So it would only be a problem if not supporting Intrepid hindered
>> a community developer -- and it seems reasonably likely that someone
>> ambitious enough to be trying Lauchpad development won't be on Intrepid
>> any more.
>>
>> So I guess that's +1 from me for ceasing to pretend Lauchpad works on
>> Intrepid.
> 
> Yep, let's drop Intrepid support. We can probably also drop Jaunty support 
> after the next Ubuntu release. All Lauchpad developers should be on Karmic 
> already, but let's give them some breathing space.
> 
> So, we need to support Hardy (for deployment) and Karmic (for development). We 
> should drop Intrepid support now and Jaunty support in one month. 

I've edited the wiki to reflect non-support for Intrepid. I suggest that
  all packages be deleted from Intrepid in the Launchpad PPA.

I think we should continue to support Jaunty for a bit longer - perhaps
until the release of Lucid, assuming this doesn't require too much work.

Max.

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