eol rh9-ximian and fedora...?

[Tim Kossack]

Am Mon, den 03.11.2003 schrieb Sean Middleditch um 21:34:
> On Mon, 2003-11-03 at 15:17, Tim Kossack wrote:
> > hi,
> > 
> > i just received (not surprisingly) the end-of-life notification from rhn
> > for red hat 9.
> > i'm currently using xd2 atop rh9, and afaik, red carpet uses my (free)
> > subscription of rhn as a channel, means all the files/programs which
> > haven't been replaced by ximians own (xd2-specific) are updated with the
> > files/programs provided by red hat. 
> 
> red carpet has absolutely nothing to do with rhn.  the red carpet rh9
> channel is provided by Ximian, and isn't reliant on your rhn
> subscription.
> 
> > 
> > now, if "Red Hat will discontinue maintenance and errata support for 
> > Red Hat Linux 9 as of April 30, 2004", do i have to install fedora
> > afresh (because an update to fedora atop xd2 is afaik not possible) and
> > then xd2/3 again (if ximian will continue to provide xd for fedora) to
> > have my entire installation bugfixed (afaik i can use my existing
> > rhn-channel with fedora as i currently do with rh9), or will ximian
> > provide the bugfixing for the former rhn-provided rh9-parts, or...
> > so what exactly is the way to go for xd-users such as myself?
> 
> it would be wise to ask Ximian about their policy, not Fedora/Red Hat. 
> but honestly, no, its incredibly unlikely that Ximian will spend time
> and money providing updates for someone else's OS.
> 
> just as a side note, the version of gnome in fedora is newer than
> ximian's current offering, altho ximian's still does have some added
> features.  ximian *might* have an updated xd2 for fedora soon (again,
> ask them, not red hat).
> 
> > 
> > would be nice if someone could fill me in!
> > 
> > thx.
> > 
i guess that red hat has regular talks with ximian, so i ask at this
list. besides, i've not subscribed to any ximian-list (because i've
already subscribed for too much lists for my mail-account, and had to in
fact reduce traffic-cancel subscriptions), and many users have xd2
installed on rh9, so someone of them subscribed also to a ximian-list
might know.
but anyways, did i understand you correctly that i get the rh9-related
fixes/updates from a ximian-channel, but that they get those updated
packages from red hat? otherwise, your comments wouldn't make sense to
me. 

but thx.