[ATrpms-devel] ATrpms stats for deciding on EOLing distros

[Axel Thimm]

On Mon, Jul 17, 2006 at 12:40:31PM +0200, Axel Thimm wrote:
> Therefore I'd like to suggest to do the following:
> 
> o keep as active distributions EL3-4 and FC3-6
> o demote the others in a staged way as
>   1) no builds for new (not updated) packages
>   2) updated packages failing to build under these old distros don't
>      get fixed, the distro simply gets this package cut.
>   3) no updates at all
>   4) removal from main master site
> 
> Comments? Dates?

Just for reference, FL will drop support for FC1 and FC2 within the
next weeks. RH8.0 has already been dropped for ages while RH7.3 and
RH9 will be dropped between 20061001 and 20061231.

In order to keep things sane I'd like to deal with EOLing distros in a
similar timeframe (e.g. not shift distros for a month apart, noone
will be able to remember what is when in what state :)

So I propse to have RHL7.3-9, FC1 and FC2 syncronously get the
following EOL staged dates:

20060801: no builds for new (not updated) packages
20060901: updated packages failing to build under these old distros
	  don't get fixed
20061001: no more updates
20070101: removal

Agree, disagree? Other opinions? Please answer fast, as the 1st of
August is just around the corner ;)
-- 
Axel.Thimm at ATrpms.net
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