Hello! At what date SuSE 7.3 will be discontinued? I want to decide, if I do an upgrade on an old system. Philippe
Yeah.. I'm curious too. Isn't SuSE 7.3 the last version to support our trusty 486 gateways? Groetjes, Roeland
didnt they say reldate+2years or somethin?
maye when the release after 9.0 comes out.
i think there also was some rule to add "1.1" to a relnumber to know
when it will be discontinued.
so for example with 7.2 it gets discontinued when 8.3 (-> doesnt exist,
but the new release will be numbered 9.0 so thats the one to take) comes
out.
works for me.
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From: "Philippe Vogel"
Hello!
At what date SuSE 7.3 will be discontinued? I want to decide, if I do an upgrade on an old system.
Philippe
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Hello!
At what date SuSE 7.3 will be discontinued? I want to decide, if I do an upgrade on an old system.
We're looking at mid November this year for the end of 7.3.
Philippe
Thanks,
Roman.
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Am Donnerstag, 2. Oktober 2003 01:20 schrieb Roman Drahtmueller:
Hello!
At what date SuSE 7.3 will be discontinued? I want to decide, if I do an upgrade on an old system.
We're looking at mid November this year for the end of 7.3.
With all updates installed, would it be 'safe' to keep a 7.3 box running, or should it be upgraded? bye, MH
We're looking at mid November this year for the end of 7.3.
With all updates installed, would it be 'safe' to keep a 7.3 box running, or should it be upgraded?
Under all circumstances, you should continue to monitor suse-security-announce@suse.com. You can decide yourself if a flaw in a package (that doesn't get fixed for your system) is acceptable for you or not. In doubt, you could use a newer source RPM and try to compile it on your 7.3 system using 'rpm --rebuild pack.spm'. In the long run, it doesn't pay much if you wait with your system update a long time after it has been discontinued. After all: A newer system is more fun.
bye, MH
Thanks,
Roman.
BTW: Two weeks ago I've shut down a SuSE Linux 5.3 system that used to be
an ftp server. I kept it up-to-date in terms of the latest security
updates and used tcp-wrappers for everything possible. It was a beautiful
system, even after more than 5 years.
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On Thu, 2 Oct 2003, Mathias Homann wrote:
[...] With all updates installed, would it be 'safe' to keep a 7.3 box running, or should it be upgraded?
What you are actually asking is whether or not an upto date 7.3 instal- lation is save for the whole future without further updates. I guess you can answer this silly question by yourself... Regards Henning Hucke -- The average individual's position in any hierarchy is a lot like pulling a dogsled -- there's no real change of scenery except for the lead dog.
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