On 24 Sep 2003 09:51:20 -0500 Bret Hughes <bhughes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > That helps, Thanks. Now that know the terms do we have afeel for how > long maintenance will be provided for older versions of Fedora? Sorry > if this has been answered but to me this is the crux of the issue and > determines how often I need to reinstall. 2-3 months after next release. So there will be maintenance releases for about half to three quarters of a year. > > Secondly, If RH decides that it will only provide maint. for say, 3 > versions back, is there something that the developer community can do to > take some of the work off Red Hat and enable the provision of > maintenance for a longer period? > Sure. but that's not going to satisfy the segment of people who want to have a guarantee from RedHat that the updates will be provided. For them Enterprise is the only choice. Sean.