Hey on your Listing your forgot one major option: 5) Switch to another distribution ;) Patrick Am Mon, 2004-01-12 um 15.49 schrieb WipeOut: > Benjamin J. Weiss wrote: > > >So, if I am reading you correctly, Fedora Core users are going to have one > >of four options from now on: > > > >1) Re-install their servers from scratch, every 5-6 months. > > > >2) Try to go it alone on an upgrade path that is not supported, and pray > >that they can keep their server somewhat stable in some arcane way. > > > >3) Stick with their current FC1 and try to keep up to date on all of the > >security fixes themselves, since they won't be supported for but an > >additional 2 months or so. > > > >4) Forget about it and allow the bad guys to hack into their system when the > >next big security hole is found. > > > >Does that about sum it up? > > > >As an addendum...is Redhat forcing Fedora Core into a too-rapid release > >cycle in order to force people to purchase their RHEL offerings? It sure > >feels that way to me... > > > > > > > Thats what I put on the end of my original mail, that the ability to > easily migrate from one release to the next may be blocked by RH since > its one of their major selling points for RHEL.. > > I am sure a structure could be put in place where seemless migration > from one relase to the next could be achived.. even do awat with > releases all together and simply use snapshots to install new systems > and then just keep the system current from then on with no need to > "upgrade" the whole system ever.. > > later.. -- *************************************** COMsulting Gerhard Faehling GmbH Patrick W. Fraley Oeverdieker Weg 6 23669 Timmendorfer Strand Tel: 04503 / 88 12 45 Fax: 04503 / 88 10 18 E-Mail: pf@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Internet: www.comsulting.de ***************************************
