From owner-freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org Thu Feb 18 21:37:11 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-emulation@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CEE44AAC79C for ; Thu, 18 Feb 2016 21:37:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from r.c.ladan@gmail.com) Received: from mail-ob0-x229.google.com (mail-ob0-x229.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4003:c01::229]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 9779DFBE; Thu, 18 Feb 2016 21:37:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from r.c.ladan@gmail.com) Received: by mail-ob0-x229.google.com with SMTP id kf7so6201944obb.1; Thu, 18 Feb 2016 13:37:11 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=ozQUyf5PxFVnAqQy0n/oe+FOTuDC0pMxHrPExr3kwV4=; b=P+5yufyP6TMJ2xLqHUFJWCpvzpr8YuSR9oRenQXuGwusvSmeePdIuCbyx2jnVyBZsn Hc73mwnpUYv6ABheNCkxPAm8FdMJChhExW65XGfX59nHOJKe9gZVnA0v5vHMYodLuTaF FZ3yrvekYq1YI9+nH186F9Se2fjK03Sd0MXdgKck0Zt0PL+uIwXJJ3ixTGp440V+sjJK kOB7RTlcOAvj95UQY+gs5DK8YBbqadtqMdXdSmFdUR39EsedUtQXm1FmWNG9AJtiPYX9 zqnwDzUqTjFYAyNILRvNNwYQ7BjObQCEk73qpG42Fw0kV3NuiJmToduLw2+aX4fAFrVL rPmA== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=ozQUyf5PxFVnAqQy0n/oe+FOTuDC0pMxHrPExr3kwV4=; b=Q50vinl1uqPog3YsILJ0Dd7uZsf7IDpp1nC7HJg5FGssgiPLUr4uDWLfAG0mTVPVCq m7WotIIPF02QKAMLL4oKtd0Bf73t8rrGP3rcp+1bBouTzlgW8ixlKzVRNDOkI1y0tdQM JJjq1zP6hvYyrR4Inxb/l2rhJigMiFuQhltAOnGp6BA3zbuc3kVfpJdv4ID0Dz3vh+Zk yLx6ciYuwAztQ93uEoMXvA34c9H8MvEteRKq9tIy0opXwCtiAwDbAsK9Ib3yDfasrndi etkg8l2+SREnsDhKee6Y0J5WbzWyZH2iOCmgGRN/9ynp7ouyys1UAUPHweFaxXIHk9h0 ryLQ== X-Gm-Message-State: AG10YOSkZRthxZlVze0uUa3pkM62/SEhQt8T4d1/6fnbA8iagHk/aIs0veq42VedwZ3t57d+FLzpvaGjEaLbgg== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.60.56.194 with SMTP id c2mr8871894oeq.29.1455831430881; Thu, 18 Feb 2016 13:37:10 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.60.6.202 with HTTP; Thu, 18 Feb 2016 13:37:10 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <56C62249.6010402@perceivon.net> References: <56C62249.6010402@perceivon.net> Date: Thu, 18 Feb 2016 22:37:10 +0100 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Expiring the Fedora 10 ports on 2016-03-31 From: =?UTF-8?Q?Ren=C3=A9_Ladan?= To: Johannes Jost Meixner Cc: "freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org" , junovitch@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-BeenThere: freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: Development of Emulators of other operating systems List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 18 Feb 2016 21:37:12 -0000 2016-02-18 20:58 GMT+01:00 Johannes Jost Meixner : > > Fedora 10 has been EoL'd by the Fedora project on 2009-12-17 [1] and > thus has not been receiving any security updates during more than six > (!) years. > > As a result of this, many of the ports that form the basis for the > Fedora 10 infrastructure are riddled with more holes than a decent > cheese, and with time passing by this isn't getting any better. > > I propose that we eliminate all Fedora 10 ports on March 31st -- > > 2016-03-31. > > This because during the upcoming six weeks, those who have not managed > to migrate off Fedora 10 will probably not do so at a later date, and > because it will be a convenient date for not having it included in the > 2016Q2 branch. > This sounds like a plan, f10 is indeed long overdue. > During previous developer summits [2] it was mentioned that apparently > some vendors depend on legacy software running off this Fedora 10. > > As CentOS itself is originally based on the Fedora 12 release (albeit, > due to RHEL being around, is supported until 30 November, 2020 ), > chances are these vendors will find that their software works > flawlessly with CentOS 6.7 (as any game that I've tested during spring > 2014 did). > So this might be a plausible upgrade path? > > [1] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/End_of_life > [2] https://wiki.freebsd.org/201407DevSummit/LinuxEmulation?highlight=3D%= 28legacy%20software%29 > Regards, Ren=C3=A9 --=20 https://rene-ladan.nl/