FL update policy [Re: just one VERIFY to be fully published]

[Pekka Savola]

On Mon, 21 Mar 2005, Marc Deslauriers wrote:
> On Mon, 2005-03-21 at 15:52 +0200, Pekka Savola wrote:
>> and RHL73 :).  I was just pointing out that as Fedora Legacy will drop
>> FC1 soon and pick up FC2, I was hoping that there would be more people
>
> Fedora Legacy isn't dropping FC1 soon. As per the "1-2-3 and out" policy
> as defined in the FL FAQ, we'll be dropping FC1 support once Red Hat
> stops FC4 maintenance and transfers it to FL.

Hmm.. maybe the FAQ is not clear enough.
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Q:  	What does the 1-2-3 and out policy mean?

A:

Fedora Core releases will follow the so-called "1-2-3 and out" policy 
in co-operation with Red Hat/Fedora Core. This means that when the Red 
Hat/Fedora Core group no longer supports a Fedora Core release, Fedora 
Legacy will pick it up and maintain it for two additional Fedora Core 
release cycles. Based on the current schedule for Fedora Core 
releases, this should provide each release with approximately 1.5 
years of total update support.

In short, Fedora Legacy will provide updates for any Fedora Core 
releases up to two versions back from the current release.
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The first paragraph seems to be saying (in a bit complex fashion) 
what you were saying -- in practice, that when FC drops FC3 
support, FL drops FC1 support.

However, the last paragraph could be read so that when Fedora Core 4 
is released ("the current release"), FL will ensure that both FC3 and 
FC2 are still supported (but not necessarily FC1).

Two questions:
  1) Does this need to be clarified?
  2) If the 1st paragraph is correct, do we have resources to do that 
kind of continued maintenance?  Unfortunately, at the momemnt, I'm 
rather skeptical...

At most, we should provide FC1 support until a month or two after FC4 
is released. That'd probably allow the folks to migrate from FC1 to 
FC4.  One FC release at the time.

Unless, of course, we drop RHL73 and RHL9.  I wouldn't want that at 
least; that's my main (only) interest in Fedora Legacy at the moment.

-- 
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Netcore Oy                    kingdom bleeds."
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