On Wednesday, 20 August 2008 at 22:09, Dave Jones wrote: > On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 12:43:18AM +0530, Rahul Sundaram wrote: > > 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 > > Desktop machines typically aren't the problem in the 'setup once, and > left abandoned running out of date code past EOL' scenario. You'd be surprised. I know people still running FC-2 at home, because it still works and they can't be bothered to upgrade. Regards, R. -- Fedora http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Rathann Livna http://rpm.livna.org | MPlayer http://mplayerhq.hu "Faith manages." -- Delenn to Lennier in Babylon 5:"Confessions and Lamentations" -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
