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Fedora: (another) proposal for extended supportFedora: (another) proposal for extended supportPosted Jul 16, 2009 11:38 UTC (Thu) by nim-nim (subscriber, #34454)In reply to: Fedora: (another) proposal for extended support by rahulsundaram Parent article: Fedora: (another) proposal for extended support
> * Majority of packages in Fedora are now maintained by volunteers
As was stated many times during the Fedora Legacy era just because you don't get a Red Hat paycheck does not mean you're interested in supporting old and crufty systems. If that was the case EPEL would have the same coverage as Fedora.
It's interesting that the two Fedora derivatives you list (there are others) are also not interested in old systems and try to push the envelope just like Fedora.
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Fedora: (another) proposal for extended support Posted Jul 16, 2009 12:32 UTC (Thu) by rahulsundaram (subscriber, #21946) [Link]
By the virtue of a larger community of package maintainers, the agenda can be more diverse and if that community is interested in maintaining older versions, that is a possibility. The scope of the current proposal makes it more feasible than before. I think we are in terms of infrastructure, community and process in a much better state than Fedora Legacy.
EPEL is in a different boat. It is a relatively young project, many of the latest software won't build on older releases etc and not really comparable to a extension of a existing release by six months just for security fixes.
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