nails in coffins? Re: Openssl updates

[David Eisenstein]

Benjamin Smith wrote:
> On Saturday 18 November 2006 01:20, Florian La Roche wrote:
> 
>>Interest in Fedora Legacy has slowed down. You can find some
>>FC4 updates at http://www.jur-linux.org/rpms/fc-updates/4/ ,
>>but some updates will probably also soon show up at
>>http://fedoralegacy.org/
> 
> 
> I can see why this would be the case. I don't want to knock your efforts in 
> any way (very much appreciated!) but the truth is that FL exists to extend 
> the short shelf-life of Fedora. And anything that demands a longer shelf-life 
> I've moved over to CentOS or RHEL. I have but one remaining machine using 
> Fedora as a server (running FC1, in a fairly protected environment) that will 
> be upgraded to CentOS 5 once it's released. 
> 
> FL was more or less born when those who started using Fedora to replace RHL on 
> the servers were bitten by Fedora's short lifespan. (myself included) Even 
> with FL's efforts, the life expectancy is still on the short side... I 
> currently plan against using Fedora in any long-term environment where FL 
> would even be needed... and I'm sure I'm not unique in that! 
> 
> -Ben 

Quite understandable, Ben.  And this is why I am looking into stepping down
from continuing being a Fedora Legacy maintainer/builder.  Neither me, nor
Jesse Keating, nor Marc Deslauriers nor any of the others can do this alone.
 It is just too much work for too little reward and too many headaches for
those who care.

If there were a magic wand I could wave . . . .   but I don't have the acumen
or skill to compel folks to be contributors nor the patience to more clearly
document the processes that we use (and that I learned how they work just by
doing them and making many, many mistakes).  When people don't step up, this
is what happens.

I wish I could do more.  But really, I don't know that that wish is
realistic.  Does anyone else wish more could be done?  Or do we just kill the
project?

	Warm regards,

	David Eisenstein