Strong wrote: > Excuse me, may i missed something... > So, if I have a web-server, with a time, say 5 years from now, i will > not be able to update my FC4 through the general services, like yum, > etc? >From http://fedoralegacy.org/about/faq.php: > Fedora Core releases will follow the so-called "1-2-3 and out" policy > in co-operation with Red Hat/Fedora Core. This means that when the Red > Hat/Fedora Core group no longer supports a Fedora Core release, Fedora > Legacy will pick it up and maintain it for two additional Fedora Core > release cycles. Based on the current schedule for Fedora Core > releases, this should provide each release with approximately 1.5 > years of total update support. > > In short, Fedora Legacy will provide updates for any Fedora Core > releases up to two versions back from the current release. > > Q: Is the length of support above fixed in stone? > > A: No. We may drop a release earlier if there is not sufficient > community support to continue supporting it. Also, the above time > periods should be considered to be a "at least this long" type of > definition. If there is significant interest and support in a release, > and enough reason to do so, we may extend the life spam of a release > longer than the above defined periods. (The "life spam" is in the original: I hope that's not a Freudian slip!) If you want further support, you are expected to upgrade to a newer Fedora, or switch to Red Hat Enterprise Linux or Centos. They don't provide so many releases, so they can release updates for "at least 5 years" (http://fedora.redhat.com/about/rhel.html) / "7 years" (http://www.redhat.com/software/rhel/faq/#20). Hope this helps, James. -- E-mail address: james | "Drums must never stop. Very bad if drums stop." @westexe.demon.co.uk | "Why? What will happen if the drums ever stop?" | "Bass solo."
