XPost: linux.debian.devel.release 
 From: milan@debian.org 
  
 On 10/26/25 8:21 AM, Bastian Blank wrote: 
 > Hi 
  
 Hi Bastian, 
  
 > 
 > We never did a real discussion about architecture baselines before, but I 
 think 
 > we should do that.  We also don't have any guidelines what we as Debian 
 want 
 to 
 > actually support.  But given that we are a general purpose distribution, we 
 > have to find a balance. 
 > 
 > As a general guidance I would like to aim for a ten to 15 years support 
 range 
 > at release time. 
  
  
 It would be more reasonable to count 7 years since mass sales or wide 
 availability ends as hardware typically lasts 5 to 7 years in production 
 environment. 
  
 Milan 
  
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