On 4/1/2010 10:14 AM, R-Elists wrote:
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>> They won't change the cycle for existing releases (they would
>> get into contract liability if they did).
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>> RHEL2 is already out of support (it was end-of-lifed on May 31, 2009).
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>> RHEL3 will go out of support Oct 31, 2010.
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>> RHEL4 will go out of support Feb 29, 2012
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>> RHEL5 will go out of support Mar 31, 2014
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>> *If* they change it in the future, it would only apply to the
>> next major releases (IOW RHEL6+)
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>> --
>> Benjamin Franz
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> wow...
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> think about it...
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> remember when *we all* were chomping at the bit for Centos3...
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> yeah, like horses... that's right... chomping at the bit... ;-)
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> at least i seem to recall it was version 3, and then Centos4 came out and we
> all needed a migration path from 3 to 4...
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> and thankfully, there was an easy way... again, if i remember correctly...
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> seems like yesterday cause we still use version 4 and, of course, some ver 5
> too....
I thought 4 was too buggy compared to 3 and held off upgrading most
machines until 5 was out. In retrospect that still seems like it was a
good move even if most of the problems in 4 were eventually fixed in
updates. But with many years elapsing between releases, skipping a
version like that may not be possible again.
--
Les Mikesell
lesmikesell at gmail.com