Lars Marowsky-Bree wrote:
On 2008-08-25T12:58:54, "David C. Rankin"
wrote: Too bad there is no CentOS-style distro in the SUSE world :( (community+LTS)
That could exist, if someone wanted to.
It's quite clearly not in Novell's interest to do. We prefer people to update, and get the most recent distribution - best user experience, all bugfixes, etc. We clearly don't want people to get hacked running SuSE.
Yes, I do appreciate that position. However, take the recent example of a user needing mod_rewrite for 10.0. That certainly seems like something that should be available and something that would make sense to use until a server upgrade could be scheduled. That is where the value lies for Novell in making at least recent past releases available.
Yes. We look forward to your contribution; afterall, it's only $50. ;-)
Would that be credit or pay-pal ?-)
For us, it simply doesn't make sense. We don't want people accidentially installing old versions, or running versions for which security updates are no longer available. We would be ill-advised to contribute to that, in my opinion.
But if others feel different and disagree, that's fine.
Regards, Lars
It is a double-edge sword, but it seems like something so simple to do. Oh well, at least the issue was visited. Thanks, and do keep it in mind as things go forward. Especially in light of the new, whether-ill advised or not, "rapid-fire" release schedule. Pickup with 10.3 and go forward with a new "leave the repos up 24 mo. past eol policy" and no new effort is required and both the user base and Novell will benefit. -- David C. Rankin, J.D., P.E. Rankin Law Firm, PLLC 510 Ochiltree Street Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 Telephone: (936) 715-9333 Facsimile: (936) 715-9339 www.rankinlawfirm.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org