Editing Slackware (section)

==Support==
Currently, Slackware has no officially stated support term policy. However, on June 14, 2012, notices appeared in the changelogs for versions 8.1,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://mirrors.slackware.com/slackware/slackware-8.1/ChangeLog.txt |title=Changelog.txt |access-date=August 31, 2024 |archive-date=December 21, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181221041911/https://mirrors.slackware.com/slackware/slackware-8.1/ChangeLog.txt |url-status=live }}</ref> 9.0, 9.1, 10.0, 10.1, 10.2, 11.0, and 12.0 stating that, effective August 1, 2012, security patches would no longer be provided for these versions. The oldest release, version 8.1, was released on June 18, 2002 and had over 10 years of support before reaching [[End-of-life (product)|EOL]]. Later, on August 30, 2013, announcements were made on the changelogs of 12.1<ref>{{cite web |url=https://mirrors.slackware.com/slackware/slackware-12.1/ChangeLog.txt |title=Changelog.txt |format=TXT |access-date=August 31, 2024 |archive-date=March 18, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140318210306/http://mirrors.slackware.com/slackware/slackware-12.1/ChangeLog.txt |url-status=live }}</ref> and 12.2 stating their EOL on December 9, 2013. It was stated in the changelog entries that they had at least 5 years of support. On April 6, 2018, versions of 13.0, 13.1 and 13.37<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://mirrors.slackware.com/slackware/slackware-13.37/ChangeLog.txt |title=Changelog.txt |format=TXT |access-date=August 31, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180407182750/https://mirrors.slackware.com/slackware/slackware-13.37/ChangeLog.txt |archive-date=April 7, 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref> were declared reaching their EOL on July 5, 2018. It was stated in the changelog entries that they had at least 7 years of support (13.0 had been supported almost 9 years). On October 9, 2023 the changelog for 14.2 stated that 14.0, 14.1 and 14.2 will be EOL effective January 1, 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://mirrors.slackware.com/slackware/slackware-14.2/ChangeLog.txt |access-date=October 21, 2023|title=Slackware 14.2 changelog.txt }}</ref>

While there have been no official announcements for versions prior to 8.1, they are no longer maintained and are effectively EOL.