On 08/29/2011 12:38 PM, Rahul Sundaram wrote: > On 08/29/2011 09:32 PM, Tim wrote: >> On Mon, 2011-08-29 at 15:15 +0530, Rahul Sundaram wrote: >>> Note that GNOME 2.x won't get any security updates which might be >>> something you need to keep in mind. This is part of the reason that >>> Fedora along with other distros will have to move to follow GNOME 3.x >>> releases. >> One wonders how this will impact on the various long life distributions, >> where you're expected to keep using Linux version x(not changing).y(not >> changing).z(only part that changes), then? Because they're supposed to >> run for years, *with* security updates, but no large version changes. > Those distros all have maintainers who will backport fixes. > Commercial enterprise distros don't depend on upstream maintainers. > That's part of the value of paying them. > > Rahul There is nothing to backport, as those changes are taken from upstream, which no longer exists. -- Chris Kloiber -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
