Am Mon, den 03.11.2003 schrieb Sean Middleditch um 21:34: > 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 haven't been replaced by ximians own (xd2-specific) are updated with the 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. > > i guess that red hat has regular talks with ximian, so i ask at this list. besides, i've not subscribed to any ximian-list (because i've already subscribed for too much lists for my mail-account, and had to in fact reduce traffic-cancel subscriptions), and many users have xd2 installed on rh9, so someone of them subscribed also to a ximian-list might know. but anyways, did i understand you correctly that i get the rh9-related fixes/updates from a ximian-channel, but that they get those updated packages from red hat? otherwise, your comments wouldn't make sense to me. but thx.
