Jesse Keating wrote:
As we approach FC6 Test2, we should make a decision wrt RHL7.3/9 and
FC1/2.
I say this as a current RH73 user... The time has come to leave RH73
and focus on doing a solid job with the Fedora releases. My issue with
continuing legacy RH73 _usage_ is centered around these points:
-Supported application versions are getting very old and I see
more and more difficulty in backporting fixes. Other than the
kernel, and the standard unix utilities, my RH73 systems look
nothing like RH73. They are peppered with custom compiled
applications of Apache, Mailman, Sendmail, Postfix, and Bind9
simply because RH73 versions are either non-existent or not
new enough to support secondary apps like DKIM, Python2.4 etc.
-Those that are still running RH73 systems should now probably be
more concerned with potential for hardware failure of those
systems rather than OS updates.
-Those that run RH73 systems, including myself, have had a long
time now to prepare for this day.
Finally, I would like to say a sincere thanks to you Jesse for your
leadership with Fedora Legacy over the past several years, through
several evolutionary cycles. Additionally thanks also go out to Marc
Deslauriers for his significant effort towards getting updates out the
door and notifying everyone. Pekka Savola also earns my deep respect
for his efforts towards organization of bug data and helping to keep
everyone on track. Rob Myers, David Eisenstien, and Eric Rostetter
also deserve a lot of credit for their never ending efforts to find and
address issues, as well as helping users such as myself. Thank you all
for your dedication and unwavering efforts.
-Jim P.
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