RFE: Retire Fedora Core 4 only _after_ FC6 has been released.

[Gilboa Davara]

On Wed, 2006-01-18 at 20:37 +0530, Rahul Sundaram wrote:
> Ralf Corsepius wrote:
> 
> >On Wed, 2006-01-18 at 09:51 -0500, Alan Cox wrote:
> >  
> >
> >>On Thu, Jan 19, 2006 at 12:56:20AM +1030, n0dalus wrote:
> >>    
> >>
> >>>Would it be possible for redhat to just extend security fixes for FCx
> >>>until FC(x+2) comes out? I think if I was using an older release this
> >>>is something I would really want.
> >>>      
> >>>
> >>The Fedora Legacy project already does that and does it rather well. Why 
> >>would it be any different if a Red Hat person was notionally doing it ?
> >>    
> >>
> >
> >As I see it, it's "having to change your system to change it again a
> >couple of months later".
> >
> >  
> >
> We can fix that by enabling the repository by default or pushing out a 
> yum update that does it making the process completely transparent to the 
> end user. Will that do?

For most, yes.

> 
> >
> >Another difference is marketing. "FC3 by RH" sounds differently than
> >"FC3 by Legacy". 
> >
> >  
> >
> FC3 by Fedora Project really.
> 

How about the "Fedora Support Project"?

Gilboa