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==Supported platforms==
Madagascar attempts to support any [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/POSIX POSIX-compliant] operating system demanded by users. For systems that bundle Python (i.e. Linux distributions, BSDs), backwards compatibility will attempt to cover those systems that were bundled with the oldest non-deprecated Python version currently supported by the latest stable version of [http://scons.org/ SCons]. For example, in early 2009 the stable SCons release (1.2) supported Python 2.2 or newer. [http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=redhat Python 2.2 was bundled by RHEL3], so RHEL 3 and newer are supported. 

Attempts for backward compatibility with a given operating system are also stopped if the operating system itself becomes unsupported. For example, Python 2.2 was bundled by Fedora 1 and newer, but in January 2010 only Fedora 11 and 12 are actively maintained. Thus, in January 2010 Madagascar was not attempting to support Fedora 1, even though it included Python 2.2.

Please keep in mind that the above statements constitute only general guidelines for what will be attempted, and do not constitute in any way a warranty of support. An application of the above guidelines to some Linux distributions follows:

'''Support info'''
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! style="background:#ffdead;" | Distribution
! style="background:#ffdead;" | Life Cycle
! style="background:#ffdead;" | Supported versions
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| RHEL/CentOS/Scientific Linux
| [https://www.redhat.com/security/updates/errata/ 7 years]
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* 6 until 2017-11-30
* 5 until 2014-03-31
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| Fedora
| [http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_Release_Life_Cycle Release X maintained until one month after the release of X+2]
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* 15 until 2012-06-24
* 14 until 2011-12-02
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| Ubuntu
| [https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases Releases every 6 mo, maintained for 1.5 yrs; LTS versions every 2 yrs, maintained for 5 yrs]
| 
* 15.10 until July 2016
* 14.04 LTS until end of April 2019
* 12.04.4 LTS until end of April 2017
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| Debian
| [http://wiki.debian.org/DebianLenny Usually: stable releases every 1.5-3 yrs, release X maintained 1 yr after release X+1]
| 
* 6 until its TBD end of life (approx. 2014)
* 5 until 2012-04
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| openSUSE
| [http://en.opensuse.org/Lifetime openSUSE releases Lifetime of 1.5-2.5 years]
| 
* 11.4 until 2012-09-10
* 11.3 until 2012-01-15
|}