Hello all, I've been following a very interesting discussion in fedora-list about the recent transfer of FC3 to Fedora Legacy. Following Rahul's suggestion, I'm starting this discussion in -devel. I'm asking the FC foundation to consider the following: 1. Fedora's policy dictates that old releases (Current - 2) will be retired once the new release hits Test2. This policy has one glaring drawback: User that seek an upgrade can either (1) install a mid-life release (FC4 in this case) or (2) install a beta release. (FC5 Test2 in this case). This being I suspect that most users will play the waiting game before making a decision. They'll wait for the FC5 release and check how it behaves before making a decision, which in turn, will leave them vulnerable to security exploits. Extending the life of FC4 by (a mere?) ~2 months, will give FC4 users seeking an upgrade a chance to make an informed decision based upon how FC6 behaves, without leaving them open to security risks. 2. It has been suggested (in the fedora-list discussion) that the last official FC4 update will be a legacy yum configuration rpm that will ease/automate the transition to legacy. This sounds like a great idea to me. Is it possible? Thanks, Gilboa -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
