Extend RH9 support beyond FC2 release

[Stephen Smoogen]

On Wed, 2004-04-28 at 13:31, Peter Backlund wrote:
> Jesse Keating wrote:
> 
> >On Tuesday 27 April 2004 23:34, Peter Backlund wrote:
> >  
> >
> >>Given that FC2 is scheduled to be released on May 17, would it be
> >>possible to extend the errata lifetime for RH9 by one month, making
> >>EOL happen on May 31 instead of April 30? That would allow for a
> >>smooth upgrade from RH9 to FC2, with a few days to the mirrors to
> >>catch up, some margin for delays and even time for the most common
> >>quirks to hit the faqs.
> >>    
> >>
> >
> >http://www.fedoralegacy.org
> >
> Yes, I am aware of Fedora Legacy. The point was that, however, that 
> since the dates of RH9 EOL and FC2 release are not very far apart, it 
> would be fairly easy to allow RH9 users to go directly to FC2, without 
> having to go via Fedora Legacy or run FC1 for two weeks. Smoother 
> transition.
> 

I doubt anyone would want to run FC2 right after it comes out in a
production environment.. that would mean they should then extend support
another 6 months or so. 

I doubt that would happen, so I would say that if you are looking to
transition goto FC1 and then figure out when you are ready to go to FC2.

> /Peter Backlund
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