EOL planning (and observations)

[Axel Thimm]

On Sat, Jan 14, 2006 at 02:24:52PM -0600, David Eisenstein wrote:
> On Wed, 11 Jan 2006, Pekka Savola wrote:
> 
> > On Wed, 4 Jan 2006, Axel Thimm wrote:
> > > according to original planning, the following EOL dates apply:
> > >
> > > RH7.3,RH9:   as long as community wants
> > > FC1:	     until the release of FC4
> > > FC2:	     until the release of FC5
> > >
> > > is this still reflecting the current setup? Is there some kind of
> > > statistics on the master server about which distribution is still in
> > > use?
> > 
> > So, what's our approach here?  Do we drop support for FC1 in all the 
> > subsequent updates (those where packages haven't been proposed yet)? 
> > Do we drop FC2 at the same time as we pick up FC3?
> 
> I am not sure Axel's reckoning of EOL dates for FC1 and FC2 is quite
> right.

I just used the wording at http://fedoralegacy.org/about/faq.php

| In short, Fedora Legacy will provide updates for any Fedora Core
| releases up to two versions back from the current release.

E.g. if the current release is FC4, then FL supports back to FC2
inclusive. Anyway, it's more important what people think today. The
quote above may be miswriten/misinterpreted.

> My understanding was that FC1 was to have been dropped when FC5
> became reality (or nearly reality) and that we would pick up FC3 at that
> time. [...]
> However, Jesse Keating indicated, and I tend to agree (admittedly
> for selfish reasons), that he is not willing to drop support for FC1
> when FC5 Test 2 comes out and we're to inherit FC3:

OK, I read this as no FL-EOLs for any distro until early FC6. :)
-- 
Axel.Thimm at ATrpms.net
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