Upcoming transition of FC3

[Jason Edgecombe]

Jim Popovitch wrote:

> Matthew Nuzum wrote:
>
>>> The problem, and we have all seen this, is that those in the 'know' are
>>> not the ones who would sue FL.  All it will take is for FL to
>>> automagically update one package that breaks a custom billing
>>> application on a bored lawyer's computer....   I don't think the 
>>> risk is
>>> worth trying to be noble.
>>>
>>> Rather than auto-updating by default, why not just disable network
>>> interfaces at EOL?
>>>
>>> -Jim P.
>>
>>
>> Very intriguing idea... I'll bet this could be developed into a ton of
>> excellent sys-admin jokes. I'd like it if someone posted the 
>> suggestion to
>> Slashdot so I can read all the replies it would generate.
>>
>> An interesting way to make everyone happy in future generations would 
>> be to
>> create the FCL repo before the FC version is even released. Then 
>> everyone
>> could have the FCL repo in their yum config from the very beginning. 
>> Since
>> there's nothing eventful going on with FCL's repo until FCx+2 is 
>> near, it
>> would have no impact. However, once EOL comes up and FCL takes over, new
>> updates will automatically start coming from the FCL repo. This 
>> drastically
>> reduces the likelihood of an unpleasant surprise.
>
>
> The chief issue I see is with the implementation as Redhat/Fedora and 
> FL are two completely different organizations.  People trust Redhat, 
> but those same people don't transfer that trust to FL probably due to 
> the looseness of FL.
>
> Basically you would have to convince RH's lawyers to allow you to take 
> over responsibility for their EOL'ed systems.  Right now the RH 
> lawyers don't care.  We could have the FL lawyers, opps there are no 
> FL lawyers.  ;-)  What you need is for the RH lawyers to provide a way 
> for you to add yum configs to something they are still responsible for.
>
> This issue isn't a technical one, it is a legal one.
>
> -Jim P.
>

1. Those people are already trusting Fedora Extras.
2. I've met some professionals who didn't know about FL and thought they 
were getting updates, just none had come out in a while.

Jason