On Wed, 9 Jun 2004, Benjamin J. Weiss wrote: > On Wed, 9 Jun 2004, Jeff Spaleta wrote: > > > On Wed, 09 Jun 2004 16:12:07 +0300, Niilo Kajander <nk@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > AFAIR when FC3 get released, FC1 "support" will be dropped. After that > > > the Fedora Legacy Project will take over and provide unofficial updates > > > for some time. See http://www.fedoralegacy.org/. > > > > There is no actual stated date yet for when fc1 will go eol. there is > > a 2-3 month > > window after fc2 release when fc1 eol is expected. Do NOT expect fc3 > > to come out before fc1 eol. FC1 will most likely happen during fc3 > > testing phase. As soon as the fc3 testing schedule gets > > created....fc1 eol will most likely be set as well. > > Considering all of the problems that FC 2 has been having, I wonder if > Redhat would consider changing the published schedule so that a version of > FC wouldn't EOL until the second-following version was released. IOW, FC > 1 shouldn't EOL until FC 3 is released, and FC 2 shouldn't EOL until FC 4 > is released. That might give folks more peace of mind, that they aren't > forced to upgrade to a buggy release like FC 2. > > Ben > > > Ben, I couldn't agree with you more. I like the progressive nature of the FC project, but there are different levels of testing/experimentation. So, while on the one hand I would like my students to play around with the new features of FC2, even if they are rough and not production level, on the other hand I cannot afford to do so if it means unstable machines. A good balance between "progressive" and "peace of mind" will increase the number of people willing to use and therefore test the new releases. As it stands, I can't afford to upgrade to FC2 because of its buggy nature. This in turn means that my students will not use and therefore not test FC2, which deminishes the FC community. I may have to switch to some other distro for our linux lab. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------- Anthony G. Basile, Ph.D. Director of Information Technology, D'Youville College, 320 Porter Ave. Buffalo NY, 14201 Work: (716) 881-8197 (voicemail)
