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
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
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+...
Preston
Craig Thomas
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+legacy+...
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
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
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
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
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
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