On Thu, 2008-08-21 at 10:01 -0500, Jima wrote: > Horst H. von Brand wrote: > > Also, some people I know stick to old versions for (closed source or > > inhouse developed) software that is hard/impossible to port forward, or > > just random inconsistencies between versions (automount troubles between > > CentOS 5, CentOS 4, Fedora 8 and 9 here were a recent example; we are > > working on open source related to the ALMA radioastronomy observatory, > > there they are still running ancient Red Hat Enterprise Linux versions due > > to software written in "C++" as understood by old GCC, newer GCCs just barf > > at the code and rewriting/retesting that huge mess is a titanic job just > > now really underway). > > > > On philosophical grounds, I'm against forcing people forward, even for > > their own good... /encouraging/ them forward is a much better idea. > > Well, forcing people forward would be making the autodeath package (or > whatnot) not removable. Even if it were installed by default (which > would surprise me, admittedly), one could always remove or disable it. Let's be very clear, In my original suggestion I said I would NOT recommend installing this package by default. that's not w/ a capital no. :) -sv -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
