I agree that the community could do it, but the point is that RH should. Currently, according to the email that was sent, every version up to 8.0 will die Dec. 2003. This just seems like the kind of TTL policy a much larger, more domineering company would do (hint, hint). I understand rolling off older versions as you move forward, but RH is dropping everything but the latest release starting Dec. 2003. That's rediculous and hopefully the community will respond. I use RH, own RH stock, I believe in RH, but this is a stupid move. It ignores the many valid reasons why some choose to stay a version or two behind the bleeding edge.
<<JAV>> ---------- Original Message ----------- From: Gordon Messmer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 27 Dec 2002 01:53:36 -0800 Subject: Re: Anyone on product life span? > On Mon, 2002-12-23 at 14:27, Ed Wilts wrote: > > On Mon, Dec 23, 2002 at 01:41:17PM -0800, Gordon Messmer wrote: > > > However, if Red Hat follows their announced plan, I forsee the community > > > producing their own updates. It would be, in most cases, no more > > > difficult that recompiling and testing the errata releases for the > > > supported platforms. > > > > I'll disagree with this comment. It is difficult - if it really was > > trivial, Red Hat wouldn't discontinue it. In most cases, the errata > > simply say "fixed in the latest release". It's the effort that Red Hat > > did in applying fixes to the *current* release that added the value. > > And I said both "in most cases" and "recompiling and testing". I'm not > saying that *anyone* can do it. I'm suggesting that there ARE > members of the Red Hat community capable of doing it, and that some > of those are probably willing to donate their time to ensure the > continued life of platforms that they are interested in using. > > If the Debian user community can support an OS that's well known for > its stability, what makes you think that we can not? > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list ------- End of Original Message ------- -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
