Re: yum: Critical path update in testing for 4 months?

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On Mon, 07 Dec 2015 03:29 +0100, Kevin Kofler wrote:

> Adam Williamson wrote:
> > I've never understood why the idea of a 'last push of security fixes'
> > for an EOL release makes any sense. It's *EOL*. It doesn't matter if
> > there's a last-day push or not: everyone should stop using it the next
> > day, end of story. That's what EOL means.  
> 
> Realistically, some people will still be running EOL releases for months if 
> not years. They should not, but they do. Getting at least the last pending 
> security updates out before turning the pipes off for good should be a 
> priority. It means they'd at least not be affected by those security issues, 
> only by the later ones.

The problem is not specific to EOL releases.

Security updates for other dist releases are affected in the same way. ;-)
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