On Sat, 17 May 2003, Mike A. Harris wrote: > On Sat, 17 May 2003, Michael B Allen wrote: > > >> >"Upgrading" to RH 9 is not an option. This is my work machine and I don't > >> >need any headaches. Right now the machine is rock solid and I'm going > >> >to keep it that way. Backing off X is one thing but changing operating > >> >systems is not acceptable and I'm sorry to hear RH is so quick to leave > >> >people behind and EOL versions they just put out a year ago. I would > >> >just like to use a flat panel I have but the current video doesn't seem > >> >up to it so I was hoping improved support for my chip would help. > >> > >> Don't even get me started. You have absolutely no idea > >> whatsoever the amount of engineering resources that are required > >> to support releases for longer periods of time. > >:.,$d > > > >Ok, ok, relax, I'm not that sorry. But it is cheezy that RH 7.3 was > >released almost exactly a year ago and it's going EOL in December > >(19 months). I'm not going to speculate about your business model. I > >don't really care. I'm very happy with your product. I've been using > >Linux since 2.0.35 and I'm perfectly comfortable hacking (albeit much > >less patient). But would it really be that difficult for you to provide > >updates until there's something to replace 7.3? By forcing everyone onto > >one bleeding edge version you're putting yourselves and your users in > >a potentially bad situation. All I want is stability and I'm going to > >get it one way or the other. > > I respectfully disagree. The current OS releases are no less > stable than 7.3 is. Ok, this is starting to turn sour so I won't be upset if this thread ends here but I quite simply do not believe you. RH 8/9 use UTF-8 locales by default, glibc 2.3, and a few other things that would be considered big moves. You're catering to desktop users and that's what you need to do. And that's fine. I'm very happy to see you're making big progress. I look forward to running RH 9.4. I just wish you would supported it for longer than a measly year and a half. Thanks for your help, Mike _______________________________________________ xfree86-list mailing list xfree86-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/xfree86-list IRC: #xfree86 on irc.redhat.com
