> Red Hat 8.0 support in Fedora Legacy seems pathetic. We had a functioning > apt-get for RH 8, I tested it (and am still using it) and it seems to work. > It was put on hold for "upcoming changes upstream" and that's the last I > heard of it. Why couldn't we release it as it was (assuming it was working, > which it appears to be) and then release another version when the upstream > changes came in (can't apt-get update itself)? 8.0 support sucks b/c from what I can tell there are about 5 people on the planet using 8.0. It was not a widely installed release b/c a lot of people were waiting for an 8.1 at that point and then when 9 came out they jumped to that, instead. > And there is still no yum for Red Hat 8.0. Is there a reason for this? > I've asked before and got no answer. I supposed I could submit one, but > unless I get an answer as to the status of it (reason for it not existing) > I probably won't. yum is tricky for 8.0 b/c of the rpm 4.1 vs rpm 4.0.4 thing - yum 2.0.X doesn't work with rpm 4.1 b/c of something missing from the rpm bindings. So you can use yum 1.0.X with librpm404-python installed. However, there are lots of folks who wanted to upgrade to rpm 4.1.1 - which ameliorates the rpmdb lock up problems. yum 1.0.X and rpm 4.1.1 don't get along so much but yum 2.0.X and rpm 4.1.1 do. So if you upgrade to rpm 4.1.1 you need to upgrade yum to 2.0.X. So 8.0 has been a bastard release where you have to play games with what version of rpm you're using vis-a-vis the rpm-python applications. > If we can start hashing out the RH 8.0 stuff before the flood of RH 9 stuff > comes in, we'll be in better shape. I disagree - I'd be curious about taking some web server statistics to find out if 8.0 is being used at all. How many people are left still supporting 8.0? How much work are they willing to put into it? I know I don't have any 8.0 boxes anywhere and therefore have very low interest in spending time on it. -sv -- fedora-legacy-list@xxxxxxxxxx http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-legacy-list
