Fedora Core 3 Transferred to Fedora Legacy

[Rahul Sundaram]

Mike McCarty wrote:

> Rahul Sundaram wrote:
>
> [snip]
>
>> Fedora Core 2 was released in 18 May 2004 and went into legacy mode 
>> in 11th April 2005. Thats 11 months of updates from Fedora Core and 
>> ongoing updates from Fedora Legacy which will probably run into 
>> nearly 2 years. In comparison, Fedora Core 3 was release in 8 
>> November 2004 and went into legacy mode in 16th January 2006. Thats 1 
>> year and 1 month of updates from Fedora Core. Fedora Legacy now 
>> maintains Red Hat Linux 7.3, 9. Fedora Core 1, 2 and 3 and they have 
>> committed themselves to continue 
>
>
> I have seen this *discussed* on FC Legacy, but not *commitment* to FC1
> in perpetuity.

Nothing is perpetual as you reminded me a few days back. Fedora Legacy 
project has made a commitment to continue providing updates to FC1 for now.

>
>
> I believe that, in part, this is a matter of chosing the right tool
> for the job. I was asked to install and use FC2 by a fellow who
> wanted me to use Linux for a contract job for development of some
> programs intended to run under Windows, SCO Unix, and Linux.

The nature of the project is defined at http://fedora.redhat.com/About/


>  FC just isn't the place to go for a stable
> long-term supported product. It is, as its name says, a PROJECT,
> not a PRODUCT.

As referred to before, The original FAQ still has a description on why 
it is a project. Allow me quote it for you

"
*Q:* 	Why a project instead of a product?

*A:*

	

A global steering committee at Red Hat decided that Red Hat Linux was 
suffering from too many compromises as a retail "product", and that we 
should redirect our efforts at creating a community-based project. 
Rather than being run through product management as something that has 
to appear on retail shelves on a certain date, Fedora Core will be 
released based on schedules, set by a steering committee, that will be 
open and accessible to the community, as well as influenced by the 
community.

"



-- 
Rahul 

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