Mike McCarty wrote:
Rahul Sundaram wrote:
[snip]
Fedora Core 2 was released in 18 May 2004 and went into legacy mode
in 11th April 2005. Thats 11 months of updates from Fedora Core and
ongoing updates from Fedora Legacy which will probably run into
nearly 2 years. In comparison, Fedora Core 3 was release in 8
November 2004 and went into legacy mode in 16th January 2006. Thats 1
year and 1 month of updates from Fedora Core. Fedora Legacy now
maintains Red Hat Linux 7.3, 9. Fedora Core 1, 2 and 3 and they have
committed themselves to continue
I have seen this *discussed* on FC Legacy, but not *commitment* to FC1
in perpetuity.
Nothing is perpetual as you reminded me a few days back. Fedora Legacy
project has made a commitment to continue providing updates to FC1 for now.
I believe that, in part, this is a matter of chosing the right tool
for the job. I was asked to install and use FC2 by a fellow who
wanted me to use Linux for a contract job for development of some
programs intended to run under Windows, SCO Unix, and Linux.
The nature of the project is defined at http://fedora.redhat.com/About/
FC just isn't the place to go for a stable
long-term supported product. It is, as its name says, a PROJECT,
not a PRODUCT.
As referred to before, The original FAQ still has a description on why
it is a project. Allow me quote it for you
"
*Q:* Why a project instead of a product?
*A:*
A global steering committee at Red Hat decided that Red Hat Linux was
suffering from too many compromises as a retail "product", and that we
should redirect our efforts at creating a community-based project.
Rather than being run through product management as something that has
to appear on retail shelves on a certain date, Fedora Core will be
released based on schedules, set by a steering committee, that will be
open and accessible to the community, as well as influenced by the
community.
"
--
Rahul
Fedora Bug Triaging - http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/BugZappers
