Around 02:53pm on Thursday, April 17, 2014 (UK time), Tim wrote: > Allegedly, on or about 17 April 2014, Roger sent: > > What would one have to look out for if one does keep an EOL Fedora for > > a number of years? > > You wouldn't be able to install new applications on it. e.g. If, years > later, someone develops something that sounds interesting to you, it > will depend on whatever was currently available, which you wouldn't > have. You may be able to compile it from source, though that might be a > pain, or perhaps not possible - because you'd need to compile all the > system stuff, not just the application. I would think the lack of any security updates would be a more serious problem than this. Steve -- Website: www.stevesearle.com 14:57:21 up 20 days, 4:09, 2 users, load average: 1.00, 1.00, 1.00 -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
