On Mon, 2003-11-03 at 15:17, Tim Kossack wrote: > hi, > > i just received (not surprisingly) the end-of-life notification from rhn > for red hat 9. > i'm currently using xd2 atop rh9, and afaik, red carpet uses my (free) > subscription of rhn as a channel, means all the files/programs which > haven't been replaced by ximians own (xd2-specific) are updated with the > files/programs provided by red hat. red carpet has absolutely nothing to do with rhn. the red carpet rh9 channel is provided by Ximian, and isn't reliant on your rhn subscription. > > now, if "Red Hat will discontinue maintenance and errata support for > Red Hat Linux 9 as of April 30, 2004", do i have to install fedora > afresh (because an update to fedora atop xd2 is afaik not possible) and > then xd2/3 again (if ximian will continue to provide xd for fedora) to > have my entire installation bugfixed (afaik i can use my existing > rhn-channel with fedora as i currently do with rh9), or will ximian > provide the bugfixing for the former rhn-provided rh9-parts, or... > so what exactly is the way to go for xd-users such as myself? it would be wise to ask Ximian about their policy, not Fedora/Red Hat. but honestly, no, its incredibly unlikely that Ximian will spend time and money providing updates for someone else's OS. just as a side note, the version of gnome in fedora is newer than ximian's current offering, altho ximian's still does have some added features. ximian *might* have an updated xd2 for fedora soon (again, ask them, not red hat). > > would be nice if someone could fill me in! > > thx. > > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list -- Sean Middleditch <elanthis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> AwesomePlay Productions, Inc.
