On Thu, Nov 18, 2021 at 2:32 AM Josh Stone <jistone@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On 11/16/21 7:05 PM, Kevin Kofler via devel wrote: > > Realistically, they will just stick to Fedora 36 forever and just stop > > updating the devices (or try updating them anyway and get no updates from > > the server, obviously). > > > > Sticking an EOL label on a software release is not going to magically make > > it go away. > > Maybe so, but what can we do? > > We already did this for i686 hosts, and I'll bet there are still folks > running F30 for that, or even EOL versions of currently supported > arches. They may exist, but they "go away" from the perspective of what > we choose to support. I have occasionally conjectured that there should be a "last gasp" version of some core package released into updates for a version going unsupported that drops a file into /etc/motd.d that is, essentially: "This version of Fedora is no longer supported" (and an equivalent banner for desktop login screen) That would not mean everyone would see the message, nor would it stop people using that version (I would think we do not want to do so), but it might make it clear(er) to some that there will be no further updates in case the individual is not paying close attention to the Fedora lifecycle. _______________________________________________ devel mailing list -- devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to devel-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Do not reply to spam on the list, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure
