Debian 11 ’Bullseye’ Enters Long Term Support Phase
Debian, one of the most esteemed and widely used Linux distributions, has transitioned its version 11, codenamed ‘Bullseye,’ from regular security updates to a Long Term Support (LTS) phase as of August 15, 2024. This shift comes exactly three years after its initial release.
Adding two updates:
-
Debian -- News -- Security support for Bullseye handed over to the LTS team
Bullseye LTS will be supported from 15 August 2024 to 31 August 2026.
Whenever possible, users are encouraged to upgrade their machines to Debian 12, alias "Bookworm", the current Debian stable release. To make the life cycle of Debian releases easier to remember, the related Debian teams have agreed on the following schedule: three years of regular support plus two years of Long Term Support. Debian 12 will receive thus regular support until 10 June 2026 and Long Term Support until 30 June 2028, three and five years after the initial release, respectively.
Users that need to stick with Debian 11 can find relevant information about Debian Long Term Support at LTS/Using. Important information and changes regarding Bullseye LTS specifically can be found at LTS/Bullseye.
Debian 11 LTS users are invited to subscribe to the announcement mailing list for receiving notifications about security updates, or to follow the latest advisories through the LTS Security Information webpage.
Debian LTS Team takes over Debian 11 security updates from today - Neowin
The Debian Project has announced that the Debian Long Term Support (LTS) Team is taking over security support for Debian 11 now that it is three years old. The LTS Team takes over this responsibility from the Security and Release Teams, which can now focus on the current Debian 12 and soon-to-be-released Debian 13.
Now that the LTS Team has taken over Debian 11 updates, users can continue using it until August 31, 2026. With that said, the announcement recommends that people upgrade their machine to the current stable, Debian 12. This LTS phase will give anyone who needs it time to upgrade more graciously if they have a lot of data that needs backing up, etc. It's best not to wait until August 2026 to upgrade, though.
Original Post:
-
Debian -- News -- Updated Debian 11: 11.11 released
The Debian project is pleased to announce the eleventh and final update of its oldstable distribution Debian 11 (codename "bullseye"). This point release mainly adds corrections for security issues, along with a few adjustments for serious problems. Security advisories have already been published separately and are referenced where available.
Please note that the point release does not constitute a new version of Debian 11 but only updates some of the packages included. There is no need to throw away old "bullseye" media. After installation, packages can be upgraded to the current versions using an up-to-date Debian mirror.
Those who frequently install updates from security.debian.org won't have to update many packages, and most such updates are included in the point release.
New installation images will be available soon at the regular locations.
Upgrading an existing installation to this revision can be achieved by pointing the package management system at one of Debian's many HTTP mirrors. A comprehensive list of mirrors is available at...
Also:
-
Debian 12.7 and 11.11 ISOs are out with the latest updates included
The Debian Project has just released the latest point releases for Debian 11 and 12.
Andrew Cater:
-
Andrew Cater: Debian release weekend - Bullseye and Bookworm 20240831
A double length Debian release
means the Release Team don't get much peace
What with last minute breaks
And the time that it takes
Treat them with respect today, please
The media teams on the hook
As we follow our normal play book
With laptops all primed
The images are timed
Once we're told we'll start taking our look
This is the last time for 11
And for Bookworm, it's just 12.7
Give us time for each test
As we all do our best
With our ThinkPads - I see at least seven :)
-
Andrew Cater: Debian release weekend - media team update 202408311900 UTC
We're doing fairly well: Debian release team have been working really hard on a double point release today. Final release for Bullseye as 11.11 as it moves to LTS.
12.7 Bookworm install media finishing tests - it's been quite a long day so far.For 11.11 we're part way through media tests.
We've been joined by a lot of enthusiastic folk from Cape Town who've been a great help. Always nice to see old friends and new people join us on IRC - and they've just joined us for a short video call.
This has gone well: two release day media checking and bug-squashing groups on two continents is excellent.
Dear Cape Town - feel free to join us for the next time and we'll hold the video call open for longer. If we don't see any of you here in Cambridge for mini-Debconf, we'll meet up in Brest for Debconf 25.
The Register:
-
Double Debian update: 11.11 and 12.7 arrive at once
The latest update to Debian "Bookworm" arrives at the same time as the last ever update to "Bullseye," and there's trouble ahead for Nvidia legacy users.
The end of August saw two new point upgrades for Debian fans. The project published updates for two separate releases: one for Bookworm in the form of Debian 12.7, and, on the same day, the last for Bullseye with Debian 11.11.
This is the sixth point release for Bookworm because 12.3 never happened. As usual, no package versions are bumped: 12.7 collects together all the updates released since 12.6, so it contains just over 50 updates and bug fixes.
One thing it doesn't contain is the user-space tools for maintaining bcachefs file systems. The package bcachefs-tools has been dropped, with maintainer Jonathan Carter describing it as too buggy to be anything but experimental. Although for now the file system itself is still implemented in C, release 1.2 of the user-space tools were rewritten in Rust, which caused headaches for the package maintainers, as he elaborates in a lengthy blog post.