What are consequences of "merger necessitates removal of ...

[Dennis Gilmore]

Once upon a time at band camp Tue, 23 Sep 2003 10:12 pm, seth vidal wrote:
> > Regular releases is important for keeping stuff up to date and
> > also for getting the latest technology into the hands of folks with
> > modems rather than broadband
>
> I'd like to propose the following for those of us who want to worry
> about maintenance and upgrades but are not in a position to afford RHEL
> (you can read that as *.edu :)
>
> What if the following were done:
> (FedoraCoreLinux = FCL)
>
> FCL1 is released - it is considered current release
> FCL2 is released - FCL1 becomes stable FCL2 becomes current
> FCL3 is released - FCL1 becomes old FCL2 becomes stable FCL3 becomes
> current
> FCL4 is released - FCL1 is deprecated FCL2 is old FCL3 is stable FCL4 is
> current
>

I like that idea also.  i am a University Student  and cant afford RHEL  but i 
do run my own server here.  and i dont want to have to upgrade or rebuild and 
test it every 4-6 months  

Dennis

> Wash, Rinse, Repeat.
>
> I guess what I'm getting at is that if there is a way to focus on any 3
> releases and then a lot of us who are not in a position to afford RHEL
> or who do not want to buy RHEL can have a set of structures to help
> ourselves.
>
> I know red hat can't continue to devote many many developer hours on
> errata of un-paid releases, however, I'm hoping that the fedora system
> will mean that nothing precludes or will try to resist someone from
> doing this.
>
> -sv
>
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