For how long is Fedora Core 1 going to be updated?

[Preston Crawford]

Asking because I read this list and it seems like FC2 is not entirely
stable. And the way the roadmap read was that FC1 wouldn't be updated
once FC2 was stable. I use FC1 and I don't want to exchange its
trustworthiness for what I'm seeing out of FC2.

Preston

[Marc Lucke]

I disagree with any suggestion FC2 is not entirely stable.  There are 
some major changes in it such as XFree86 -> Xorg and Kernel 2.4 series 
to 2.6 series and this is causing some dramas with some people but I 
don't think these dramas are the fault of FC2 as such.  I took the 
plunge and battled through my problems - like having to recompile some 
apps and the system deciding for me that I wanted to use cyrus-imapd 
(what a pain that package is!) but all said & done I had a fully 
migrated system in under an hour.

A friend of mine used yum to update a system and all he had to do was 
manually reinstall the grub bootloader!

If you're hesitant (and you should be when upgrading anyway!) why not 
take an image of your drive and upgrade that first?  That works well for 
me when I have serious doubts.


Marc

Preston Crawford wrote:

> Asking because I read this list and it seems like FC2 is not entirely
> stable. And the way the roadmap read was that FC1 wouldn't be updated
> once FC2 was stable. I use FC1 and I don't want to exchange its
> trustworthiness for what I'm seeing out of FC2.
>
> Preston
>
>
>   
>

[Craig Thomas]

On Mon, 2004-05-31 at 19:06, Preston Crawford wrote:
>  Asking because I read this list 
...you must be new.  Welcome.

>  <snip> 
http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-list/2004-May/msg01964.html

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&q=fedora+lega...

>  Preston 
Craig Thomas

[Preston Crawford]

On Mon, 2004-05-31 at 18:02, Craig Thomas wrote:
>  On Mon, 2004-05-31 at 19:06, Preston Crawford wrote:
>  > Asking because I read this list
>  ...you must be new.  Welcome.
>  
>  > <snip>
>  
>  http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-list/2004-May/msg01964.html
>  
>
> http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&q=fedora+lega...
Thanks. I'm not new. More that I just go off and on this list depending
on how much I need to read it. How much time I have. So I've never come
across this information. I appreciate the links. Mainly what I'm
concerned about (since I'm aware of the Fedora Legacy project) is how
well and and how long it will be supported. 

Preston

[Christofer C. Bell]

On Mon, 31 May 2004 21:02:21 -0400, Craig Thomas wrote
>  On Mon, 2004-05-31 at 19:06, Preston Crawford wrote:
>  > Asking because I read this list
>  ...you must be new.  Welcome.
>  
>  > <snip>
>  
>  http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-list/2004-May/msg01964.html
>  
>  http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-
8&q=fedora+legacy+fc1+eol&btnG=Search

Neither of those links actually answers the question, "When will FC1 be 
officially EOL?"  FC2 release + 2-3 months is rather vague.  Some folks 
(myself included) would like a date when we can expect to see "official" FC1 
support end.  I don't believe that any such date has been decided yet and 
suspect that it will be based on when FC3 enters the pipleline as a test 
release.

I use Fedora on a "production" system (not revenue generating, simply my 
home machine for email, web, and database services) and I prefer to keep it 
as stable as possible.  Allowing FC2 to be in the hands of the community for 
some time to get bug reports submitted and corrected before I move to it 
keeps me sane when I go to bed at night and know that my machine will keep 
ticking away without intervention.

--
Chris

"Build a man a fire and he will be warm for the rest of the night.  Set 
a man on fire and he will be warm for the rest of his life."  -- Unknown

[Tarjei Knapstad]

On Tue, 2004-06-01 at 15:27, Christofer C. Bell wrote:
>  On Mon, 31 May 2004 21:02:21 -0400, Craig Thomas wrote
>  > On Mon, 2004-05-31 at 19:06, Preston Crawford wrote: 
<snip>

>  Neither of those links actually answers the question, "When will
> FC1 be 
>  officially EOL?"  FC2 release + 2-3 months is rather vague.  Some folks 
>  (myself included) would like a date when we can expect to see "official" FC1 
>  support end.  I don't believe that any such date has been decided yet and 
>  suspect that it will be based on when FC3 enters the pipleline as a test 
>  release.
>   
I completely agree that an EOL date would be preferable. Makes it easier
for everyone to plan ahead (including the fedora legacy project).

Regards,
--
Tarjei

[Craig Thomas]

On Tue, 2004-06-01 at 09:27, Christofer C. Bell wrote:
>  Neither of those links actually answers the question, "When will
> FC1 be 
>  officially EOL?"  FC2 release + 2-3 months is rather vague.   
Vague as it may
be, I do believe that is the answer at this time. Some
one please correct me if I am wrong.  

>  Some folks 
>  (myself included) would like a date when we can expect to see "official" FC1 
>  support end.  
Me too, I just don't think it's decided yet.  I agree that
some
indication on the Fedora project schedule web page would be nice.

>   I don't believe that any such date has been decided yet and 
>  suspect that it will be based on when FC3 enters the pipleline as a test 
>  release. 
AFAIK, you are right that it depends on when FC3 enters the picture,
that's why it is not a hard and fast date yet.  

If you need a date set in stone, maybe check out RHEL. 

>  Chris 
Craig Thomas