Seawolf -> Fedora?

[Kevin Weslowski]

thanks for the info, Warren.

I didn't realize that up2date could now connect with a non-RHN site! My up2date is still 2.8.40, while I see from the package list @ Fedora the version is 4.1.5; obviously my man pages don't speak of configuring a non-RHN server...I guess I'll look into finding a mirror, once I decide to plunge into Fedora.

I take it that 7.1 (or anything < 7.3) won't be part of the Fedora Legacy you mentioned?

Kevin

Warren Togami wrote:

> On Mon, 2003-11-03 at 19:44, Kevin Weslowski wrote:
> > Hi everyone,
> >
> > my apologies if I sound like a newbie...I just came from the RH 7.1 Seawolf mailing list.  I found out today that my 7.1 and, I guess, all RHL is being discontinued and split into Enterprise and Fedora...so here I am...a little flustered, but here.
> >
> > Just a couple questions I have for this group...I am on a demo subscription for RHN for RH 7.1
> > Does Fedora maintain errata/updates in the same way (i.e. using up2date)? Do I keep my RHN subscription?
> > The docs I've read haven't really been too clear about this...
> > How different will using Fedora be from RH 7.1, from a server point of view?
>
> up2date can now point to any official or 3rd party mirror that contains
> up2date, yum, or apt headers.  You can optionally use yum or apt for
> package management.  All mirrors that maintain themselves often will
> contain security updates during the release period.
>
> So the only real change is that you should probably manually find a fast
> fedora mirror near you and configure your up2date settings accordingly.
> This has the benefit that you never need to fill out the demo
> questionnaire form anymore.  This also reduces the bandwidth burden on
> Red Hat, so all the freebie users no longer cost them money.
>
> (Wouldn't you rather see money go into engineering? =)
>
> https://lists.dulug.duke.edu/mailman/listinfo/fedora-legacy-list
> Red Hat will officially supply security errata for a release for only
> around 8-10 months now.  In response to this, the community is starting
> an external repository called "Fedora Legacy" where you can set your
> up2date/apt/yum client to download security updates in the future.
>
> Fedora Legacy will use the same package submission and QA standards as
> the regular Fedora Core and Fedora Extras, except it will be on servers
> external to Red Hat.  PogoLinux.com is donating a large amount of server
> hardware to run the Legacy project, and several smaller companies,
> Universities and individuals are teaming up in order to pool their
> skills into maintaining security updates for older distributions.
> Fedora Legacy will begin with RH7.3 as early as December, in order to be
> prepared for RH7.3 EOL.
>
> Warren
>
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