Feature proposal: Extended Life Cycle Support

[Rahul Sundaram]

On 07/06/2009 09:59 PM, Patrice Dumas wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 06, 2009 at 09:50:53PM +0530, Rahul Sundaram wrote:
>>
>>  The FAQ should also answer
>> "How is this going to succeed, where Fedora Legacy failed?". You should
> 
> this was debated a lot in the previous attempts, and I still think that 
> any attempt to do this with fedora infra (not necessarily speaking about
> resources, but more about policies) is very different from Fedora Legacy.
> The policies of fedora legacy were very different than in fedora extras in
> these days, and I think this is one of the reasons why it failed. At least it
> is why I didn't stepped in, although I was very interested.
> 
> This is not a valid point of comparison. EPEL is certainly a much more
> relevant point of comparison.

You may be right but answering this question upfront in the feature page
will help move the discussions to other important issues. I would be
more willing to support this effort and get involved if the questions
were answered convincingly.

Rahul