> seth vidal wrote: >> A friend forwarded me this blog: >> http://www.gdt.id.au/~gdt/blog/linux/autodeath.1024px >> >> and I wondered if it would be something to consider for fedora releases. >> >> This would NOT be as a default, but as a package you can install, if you >> wish, to drop the route on your box after whatever expiration date. We >> can set the release date in a file in the package and key from there. >> >> >> If the package was included in a fedora repo we could have it have a >> death date of whenever the release started + 14months (some wiggle room >> for release slips) for example. >> >> Any thoughts? > > I think it is much better to hookup preupgrade with PackageKit so you > get notification on your desktop when there is a new release and a easy > path to do so. Notifying and encouraging users to upgrade would solve > the problem of people sticking to old unmaintained releases in a much > nicer way. +1 Sounds like a job for the LiveUpgrade SIG. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/SIGs/LiveUpgrade > Rahul > > -- > fedora-devel-list mailing list > fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list > -- novus ordo absurdum -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
