People are making this stuff FAR harder than it needs to be. There is already a tome of guidance online and if you can't figure it frankly you shouldn't be trusted with a terminal - its that basic. Yum isn't hard to figure nor should people using multiple RH OS's have issues between versions. Simply thank the FL crew smile and move on.
Perhaps a perspective from another admin might be in order here. Having administered Linux systems since 1995, built numerous ones from scratch, I have _some_ level of experience here.
The FedoraLegacy project is wonderful. It's filling a badly needed hole. And the manner in which it started off has made for a horrid amount of confusion for those of us that were introduced to it in the last couple months. Most of these problems are all a direct result of the start-up nature of the project. But the sentiment that those that can't figure it can't be trusted with a terminal is painting a broad brush and missing two key points:
1) Experienced people WILL have a hard time if they are just
being introduced to yum. I certainly had a harder time of it
trying to figure out exactly what the software requirements
were, how to get RH7/8/9 working, and where to get the friggin
RPMS from (in context that 8/9 aren't even available yet in
legacy), and just trying to figure out what the difference
was between fedora.us and fedoralegacy.org. 2) Your user community consists of MORE than just experienced
network admins. It is moving towards a broader, less
experienced customer base. I dare say they deserve to keep
their system up to date?Eric nailed the point - the project needs improvements and contributions (which I admit here and now I have not provided, although we are looking at the option of providing mirroring services as a way to contribute). But don't be surprised that there are a few growing pains along the way. Perhaps aim the forehead at a wristpad buffer. It'll hurt less than a hard desktop ;-)
Jesse, Warren, Eric (and others I'm missing), keep up the good work!
Cheers, Thomas
