On Thu, 2008-08-21 at 17:54 -0400, Horst H. von Brand wrote: > Seth Vidal <skvidal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > 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. :) > > OK, understood. But it gives out free rope for later hanging... i.e., I go > ahead and install shiny new Fedora 11 + autodeath (cool new feature, "I'll > never paint myself into a corner" are famous last words, and all that), and > forget about it... some 2 years later, the machine has acquired barnacles > in form of un-forward-portable stuff, Fedora 13 shows up and the system > kills itself. > What the hell do you mean kills itself? All it does is disable the default route. -sv -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
