Quoting Sean Kerner <sean@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > Hi, I'm a RedHat 7.3 user - and a freelance techjournalist. > I'm writing a story today about the official EOL sent to RedHat Subscribers. > Just curious for some comments from Fedora Legacy project members and > community about this official EOL. > > Can anyone tell me how many RHN users were mailed this notice? try asking Redhat? > How many have 'converted'/ migrated their RHN up2date client to Fedora > Legacy? think legacy doesn't support up2date from rhl7, since that doesnt support apt/yum repositories. > and btw, How does an existing 7.x/8 RHN user convert up2date to use Fedora > Legacy? ah. They could try the one from the fedora core i think, thats supposed to support yum, but it'd take a recompile to run on 7 due to gcc diffs. > Is someone that is running 7.x/8 without Errata support safe today? define safe.Most exploits i've seen involve local root exploits, which isnt too big a problem for alot of us, or are for services that the average user doesn't run. > Is Fedora Legacy 'ready' in this post EOL era? > imho it is still getting up to speed, no downloads available, no official anouncement yet. Maarten