fc6 nearing eol but f7 not useable yet (rant or feedback?)

[seandarcy]

Mike Wright wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> Rant or feedback?  You decide.  This is all IMHO.
> 
> I'm becoming concerned about the end of life for fc6.  It has been
> stable for me and is the first of the fedoras that gave me a
> more-or-less useable multimedia experience.  (vlc is awesome!)  I'd like
> to continue using fc6 but am guessing I need to create my own repository
> before fc6 disappears from the public repos.
> 

Also, only fc6 works with firewire. F7 ( and F8? ) use the new firewire 
stack ( juju !! ) which doesn't work with the userland apps - dvgrab and 
kino. See the linux1394 piece.

So if you're doing any video stuff, fc6 is the last one that works.

sean