On Wed, Feb 15, 2012 at 2:44 AM, Ludwig Nussel <ludwig.nussel@suse.de> wrote:
Right now it is impossible to (re)build our openSUSE 11.3-based server because, to take just ONE EXAMPLE, the mapserver package is not available for 11.3. This is because the Application:Geo/openSUSE_11.3 repo was destroyed.
Also, mapserver does not exist in any of the DISCONTINUED:openSUSE:11.3 repos, or Evergreen, or anywhere else.
So that's the problem: I need to be able to build and support servers that last more than 18 months and it's become practically impossible.
I really don't understand how you managed to get into that situation. Was the fact that openSUSE gets updates for 18 months and that 11.3 is going EOL in January 2012 not communicated prominently enough? Did you miss the discontinuation reminder that was sent six weeks before the fact?
It's 100% my own fault, I agree with that. My mistake was to believe that "EOL" meant merely "no longer supported" instead of "deleted immediately". And I'm not describing the problem here in order to assign blame to anyone. Rather I was hoping that we can discuss how things might work better for people who want to use openSUSE for longer than 18 months, without imposing an additional burden on package maintainers. I've offered an idea and would appreciate feedback on it. Thanks, -Archie -- Archie L. Cobbs -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-buildservice+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-buildservice+owner@opensuse.org