From: "WipeOut" <wipe_out@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Daniel Veillard wrote: > >On Tue, Jan 13, 2004 at 01:12:31PM +0000, WipeOut wrote: > >>David C. Hart wrote: > >> > >>>Fedora looks more current. Is there anything in WB that is not in FC1? > >>> > >>Yes, theoretical support for the current version till 2008.. :) > >> > >>Makes using Fedora great for desktops and development systems and WBEL > >>great from production servers.. > > > > Let's be cristal clear there, you might get support for Whitebox Linux > >but it won't come from Red Hat. > > > Yes that is understood.. Maybe I should have worded my comment slightly > differently.. > > I should have said that there will be theoretically be errata updates > for a longer period than is presently being offered by Fedora.. There is > in fact no support for Whitebox Linux other than from the Whitebox > community.. > Okay, so that begs the question...IIRC, the Fedora community will only support a released version of FC for approx two months after the release of a new version, which means that FC1 and RHL9 will both have their errata/security update support discontinued at about the same time. For what amount of time is the WBEL community committing to support a released version after the next one comes out? And will errata/security updates be available via up2date/yum/apt/some other automated scheme? Ben
