[xen-tools-discuss] xen-tools from git

[Axel Beckert]

Hi,

On Thu, Sep 09, 2010 at 11:57:33AM +0200, Jonathan Aquilina wrote:
> the older ones of ubuntu have been eol for quite some time.

Right.

> there are no longer any mirrors.

Wrong: http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/

As Debian does at http://archive.debian.org/, Ubuntu offers a place
where you can find all releases in the state in which they have been
retired.

xen-tools knows about this and is able to install also EOL'ed
distributions. We just won't put much effort into supporting them.
Some new stuff may break them in future, but as long as they work, we
give the user the possibility to do what he thinks is necessary.

Sometimes you just need this old EOL'ed release to fix some old stuff
before you can import it on some newer OS and you will be happy, if
you can easily install an EOL'ed release in a virtual machine. BTDT.

		Kind regards, Axel
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