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   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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