[opensuse] [Fwd: FW: [security-announce] Advance discontinuation notice for openSUSE 11.2]
For those who are not on the announcement list. With respect to the complainers that were missing their 11.1-stuff: Be warned that after end-of-life stuff might disappear. hw -------- Forwarded Message --------
From: Marcus Meissner [mailto:meissner@suse.de] Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2011 3:50 PM To: opensuse-security-announce@opensuse.org Subject: [security-announce] Advance discontinuation notice for openSUSE 11.2
Dear opensuse-security-announce subscribers and openSUSE users,
SUSE Security announces that the SUSE Security Team will stop releasing updates for openSUSE 11.2 soon. Having provided security-relevant fixes for the last two releases and two months, we will stop releasing updates after May 12th 2011.
Discussions on whether a community driven extension of the maintenance like Evergreen for openSUSE 11.1 are ongoing.
As a consequence, the openSUSE 11.2 distribution directory on our server download.opensuse.org will be removed from /distribution/11.2/ to free space on our mirror sites. The 11.2 directory in the update tree /update/11.2 will follow, as soon as all updates have been published.
Also the openSUSE buildservice repositories containing openSUSE 11.2 will be moved to DISCONTINUED:openSUSE:11.2 and building against openSUSE 11.2 will be disabled in all buildservice projects.
The discontinuation of openSUSE 11.2 enables us to focus on the openSUSE distributions of a newer release dates to ensure that our users can continuously take advantage of the quality that they are used to with openSUSE products.
This announcement holds true for openSUSE 11.2 only. As usual, the openSUSE project will continue to provide update packages for the following products:
openSUSE 11.3 (supported until approximately Jan 15th 2012) openSUSE 11.4 (supported until approximately Sep 15th 2012) openSUSE Next (naming is discussed currently) (currently in development, to be released in November 2011) for the next two openSUSE releases plus a two months overlap period.
Please note that the maintenance cycles of SUSE Linux Enterprise products and products based on the SUSE Linux Enterprise Server operating system are not affected by this announcement and have longer life cycles.
Our openSUSE lifetimes are tracked on http://en.opensuse.org/Lifetime .
To learn more about SUSE Linux Enterprise products, please visit http://www.novell.com/linux/suse/ . For a detailed list of the life cycles of our Enterprise Products please visit http://support.novell.com/lifecycle/ and http://support.novell.com/lifecycle/lcSearchResults.jsp?sl=suse
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On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 7:02 PM, Hans Witvliet <hwit@a-domani.nl> wrote:
For those who are not on the announcement list.
With respect to the complainers that were missing their 11.1-stuff: Be warned that after end-of-life stuff might disappear.
hw
That is most particularly relevant to the build service. The core OSS, non-OSS, and update repo's will likely be preserved as normal I assume. But in OBS, the repo's are renamed to discontinued.... The rename means they disappear from projects build repo list unless they are specifically re-added. Greg -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Hans Witvliet wrote:
For those who are not on the announcement list.
With respect to the complainers that were missing their 11.1-stuff: Be warned that after end-of-life stuff might disappear.
Is there a repository anywhere that has the last updates for older distros? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
* James Knott (james.knott@rogers.com) [20110325 02:46]:
Is there a repository anywhere that has the last updates for older distros?
You'll find them in the DISCONTINUED directory tree. Can't give you a repo url though as I never needed one. Philipp -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 1:59 PM, Philipp Thomas <pth@suse.de> wrote:
* James Knott (james.knott@rogers.com) [20110325 02:46]:
Is there a repository anywhere that has the last updates for older distros?
You'll find them in the DISCONTINUED directory tree. Can't give you a repo url though as I never needed one.
Philipp
They should be at any of the End Of Life mirrors. http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Mirrors#EOL_Mirrors I've only ever used: http://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/opensuse/discontinued/ Greg -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Friday 25 March 2011 14:35:01 Greg Freemyer wrote:
On Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 1:59 PM, Philipp Thomas <pth@suse.de> wrote:
* James Knott (james.knott@rogers.com) [20110325 02:46]:
Is there a repository anywhere that has the last updates for older distros?
You'll find them in the DISCONTINUED directory tree. Can't give you a repo url though as I never needed one.
Philipp
They should be at any of the End Of Life mirrors.
http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Mirrors#EOL_Mirrors
I've only ever used: http://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/opensuse/discontinued/
Greg
I am still in 11.0. I went to http://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/opensuse/discontinued/distribution/11.0/repo/non-oss... Yast replied: Unable to create repository from URL 'http://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/opensuse/discontinued/distribution/11.0/repo/non-oss... Invalid path name component '/pub/opensuse/discontinued/distribution/11.0/repo/non-oss/suse/i586/http://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/opensuse/discontinued/distribution/11.0/repo/non-oss... It adds the full pathname to the repo If I use the form for yast that separates the components beginning with the / after the domain name it says Error A valid domain name consists of components separated by dots Each component contains letters, digits, and hyphens. A hyphen may not start or end a component and the last component may not begin with a digit. A valid IP address range consists of four integers in the range 0-255 separated by dots. If I put 134.76.12.5 as the server I get the reply above with the doubled URL What am I missing? or what do I need to know/do -- "When fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying the cross." - Sinclair Lewis Bob Rea Norcross GA www.petard.us gapetard@stsams.org petard@petard.us -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 4:45 PM, Bob Rea <gapetard@stsams.org> wrote:
On Friday 25 March 2011 14:35:01 Greg Freemyer wrote:
On Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 1:59 PM, Philipp Thomas <pth@suse.de> wrote:
* James Knott (james.knott@rogers.com) [20110325 02:46]:
Is there a repository anywhere that has the last updates for older distros?
You'll find them in the DISCONTINUED directory tree. Can't give you a repo url though as I never needed one.
Philipp
They should be at any of the End Of Life mirrors.
http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Mirrors#EOL_Mirrors
I've only ever used: http://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/opensuse/discontinued/
Greg
I am still in 11.0. I went to http://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/opensuse/discontinued/distribution/11.0/repo/non-oss... Yast replied: Unable to create repository from URL 'http://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/opensuse/discontinued/distribution/11.0/repo/non-oss... Invalid path name component '/pub/opensuse/discontinued/distribution/11.0/repo/non-oss/suse/i586/http://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/opensuse/discontinued/distribution/11.0/repo/non-oss...
It adds the full pathname to the repo
If I use the form for yast that separates the components beginning with the / after the domain name it says Error A valid domain name consists of components separated by dots Each component contains letters, digits, and hyphens. A hyphen may not start or end a component and the last component may not begin with a digit.
A valid IP address range consists of four integers in the range 0-255 separated by dots.
If I put 134.76.12.5 as the server I get the reply above with the doubled URL
What am I missing? or what do I need to know/do
-- "When fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying the cross." - Sinclair Lewis
Bob Rea Norcross GA
Bob, I must be close to you. I'm in Technology Park. (Norcross Ga) Anyway, Evergreen has it documented for 11.1: http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Evergreen#How_to_activate The basic thing is: zypper ar URL PRETTYNAME with URLs of: ftp://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/opensuse/discontinued/distribution/11.1/repo/oss/ ftp://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/opensuse/discontinued/distribution/11.1/repo/non-oss/ ftp://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/opensuse/discontinued/source/distribution/11.1/repo/oss/ ftp://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/opensuse/discontinued/update/11.1/ You should be able to do the same, but change out 11.1 for 11.0 I assume. Greg -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Friday 25 March 2011 17:35:24 Greg Freemyer wrote:
Bob,
I must be close to you. I'm in Technology Park. (Norcross Ga)
Yes I live up by the high school. It would be neat to have a local suse friend if you are interested. And thanks for the info, I will try it. I am a laggard at keeping up with the latest. I am not sure I have ever used zypper and need to find out more about it. I have only used online update.
Anyway, Evergreen has it documented for 11.1: http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Evergreen#How_to_activate
The basic thing is: zypper ar URL PRETTYNAME
with URLs of:
ftp://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/opensuse/discontinued/distribution /11.1/repo/oss/ ftp://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/opensuse/discontinued/distribution /11.1/repo/non-oss/ ftp://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/opensuse/discontinued/source/distr ibution/11.1/repo/oss/ ftp://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/opensuse/discontinued/update/11.1/
You should be able to do the same, but change out 11.1 for 11.0 I assume.
Greg
-- "When fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying the cross." - Sinclair Lewis Bob Rea Norcross GA www.petard.us gapetard@stsams.org petard@petard.us -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Friday 25 March 2011 22:35:24 Greg Freemyer wrote:
I must be close to you. I'm in Technology Park. (Norcross Ga)
Small world. We did business with a company there a few years ago. Spent lots of time there. Not nuch to do in Norcross, IIRC. At least if you are an uninitiated visitor. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Philipp Thomas wrote:
* James Knott (james.knott@rogers.com) [20110325 02:46]:
Is there a repository anywhere that has the last updates for older distros?
You'll find them in the DISCONTINUED directory tree. Can't give you a repo url though as I never needed one.
Philipp
It's just something I may need occasionally, as I've reverted my ThinkPad to 11.0 (it's good to be home again <g>) and I have a couple of other computers running it. I may try 11.1, but even then, it's not long before support ends for it. With all the problems I experienced in 11.3 and 11.4, I doubt I'll be moving to either of them. Neither 11.3 nor 11.4 were usable on my ThinkPad and 11.4 also had issues on an old Compaq. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Sat, Mar 26, 2011 at 2:51 PM, James Knott <james.knott@rogers.com> wrote:
Philipp Thomas wrote:
* James Knott (james.knott@rogers.com) [20110325 02:46]:
Is there a repository anywhere that has the last updates for older distros?
You'll find them in the DISCONTINUED directory tree. Can't give you a repo url though as I never needed one.
Philipp
It's just something I may need occasionally, as I've reverted my ThinkPad to 11.0 (it's good to be home again <g>) and I have a couple of other computers running it. I may try 11.1, but even then, it's not long before support ends for it. With all the problems I experienced in 11.3 and 11.4, I doubt I'll be moving to either of them. Neither 11.3 nor 11.4 were usable on my ThinkPad and 11.4 also had issues on an old Compaq.
For 11.1, the support is from the Evergreen team only at this point. I'd say it's unknown how long they will support it. But it could be another year or two. I don't recall any discussion about that yet as relates to 11.1 Greg -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Greg Freemyer wrote:
I'd say it's unknown how long they will support it. But it could be another year or two. I don't recall any discussion about that yet as relates to 11.1
What'd be nice is an up to date ISO file, with all the latest updates. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Adding Wolfgang in cc: On Sat, Mar 26, 2011 at 3:31 PM, James Knott <james.knott@rogers.com> wrote:
Greg Freemyer wrote:
I'd say it's unknown how long they will support it. But it could be another year or two. I don't recall any discussion about that yet as relates to 11.1
What'd be nice is an up to date ISO file, with all the latest updates.
I seriously doubt that is in the cards from the current Evergreen team. But if you or anyone else wants to build it, I suspect a way can be found to host it. I've never done it, but I understand OBS can be used to build a ISO, so it is at least theoretically possible it could be done via OBS. Greg -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Thu, 2011-03-24 at 21:46 -0400, James Knott wrote:
Hans Witvliet wrote:
For those who are not on the announcement list.
With respect to the complainers that were missing their 11.1-stuff: Be warned that after end-of-life stuff might disappear.
Is there a repository anywhere that has the last updates for older distros?
After a version gets EOL, all relevant rpm's are removed from the OBS after a couple of months. Considering the amount of space one can hardly expect that everything is kept. Last time i checked, it was about 300GB for all the packages (system + home) within a release. The big question is how much older systems you want to keep, and for how long... You can do it yourself, as i don't think that the official mirrors keep them. hw -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Sat, 2011-03-26 at 15:10 +0100, Hans Witvliet wrote:
On Thu, 2011-03-24 at 21:46 -0400, James Knott wrote:
Hans Witvliet wrote:
For those who are not on the announcement list.
With respect to the complainers that were missing their 11.1-stuff: Be warned that after end-of-life stuff might disappear.
Is there a repository anywhere that has the last updates for older distros?
After a version gets EOL, all relevant rpm's are removed from the OBS after a couple of months. Considering the amount of space one can hardly expect that everything is kept. Last time i checked, it was about 300GB for all the packages (system + home) within a release. The big question is how much older systems you want to keep, and for how long...
You can do it yourself, as i don't think that the official mirrors keep them.
Sorry, should read more carefully. Thought you were looking for the OBS-packages, these will be gone. Official updates are kept for quite some time. hw -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
From: Marcus Meissner [mailto:meissner@suse.de] Subject: [security-announce] Advance discontinuation notice for openSUSE 11.2 Dear opensuse-security-announce subscribers and openSUSE users,
SUSE Security announces that the SUSE Security Team will stop releasing updates for openSUSE 11.2 soon. Having provided security-relevant fixes for the last two releases and two months, we will stop releasing updates after May 12th 2011.
Not unexpected. Does anyone know if live-update is again supported as it was to 11.2? Is is possible to live-update directly to 11.4? That would certainly be a bonus! Thanks! -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On 26/03/11 19:44, Linda Walsh wrote:
From: Marcus Meissner [mailto:meissner@suse.de] Subject: [security-announce] Advance discontinuation notice for openSUSE 11.2 Dear opensuse-security-announce subscribers and openSUSE users,
SUSE Security announces that the SUSE Security Team will stop releasing updates for openSUSE 11.2 soon. Having provided security-relevant fixes for the last two releases and two months, we will stop releasing updates after May 12th 2011.
Not unexpected.
Does anyone know if live-update is again supported as it was to 11.2?
Is is possible to live-update directly to 11.4? That would certainly be a bonus!
Thanks!
If by live-update you mean upgrade a running system to the next distro release, yes, its been possible for the last few releases, with varying success. From 11.3 -> 11.4 seems to generally work well, via "zypper dup", on a live system. (Though its probably good to end any X sessions, and only one user logged in, and of course have plenty of backups) From what I understand this is semi-supported, obvious bugs have been fixed, corner cases (weird combinations of repos/packages) still cause problems. YMMV. If you were starting from 11.2 you probably have to go 11.2 -> 11.3 -> 11.4, not directly. If you're feeling brave and helpful, someone was asking for help testing "yast2 wagon" - gui version of zypper dup. Regards, Tejas -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Saturday, 2011-03-26 at 12:44 -0700, Linda Walsh wrote:
Is is possible to live-update directly to 11.4? That would certainly be a bonus!
Possible, perhaps. Supported, no. - -- Cheers, Carlos E. R. (from 11.2 x86_64 "Emerald" at Telcontar) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.12 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAk2PzIcACgkQtTMYHG2NR9Ws7ACgjE596PK22MUtDRovdoVrquZn rewAn1bcaQX3oBJcoMLBCL8i9g5JobqI =yR4p -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
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