Adriano, I can't find firebird in the list of core packages for Redhat/Centos 5 and I doubt whether Redhat have any intention to support it. On the other hand, MySQL 5.0 is in the list. Long term support releases are very attractive for Enterprise level production systems - which is why Redhat have extended their support terms. The risk of not following them is that you send out a message that Firebird is not intended for Enterprise level systems, while MySQL is.
Tony On 23/08/12 15:47, Adriano dos Santos Fernandes wrote: > On 23/08/2012 10:29, Tony Whyman wrote: >> However, Redhat Enterprise/Centos 5 uses an even older >> kernel - 2.6.18 - and that is in support until 2020. Anyone running >> Firebird on this distro is going to be left without an upgrade path if >> the Firebird 2.1 series gets the chop in 2013. > It "is in support" by who? Looks like by Redhat itself, not by the > Kernel developers. I doubt the Kernel developers will care about > 2.6.18.x up to 2020. > > So Redhat must then "support" Firebird and all the software present in > its distro, not ask for the software developers to maintain for them. > > > Adriano > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Live Security Virtual Conference > Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and > threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions > will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware > threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ > Firebird-Devel mailing list, web interface at > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/firebird-devel ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ Firebird-Devel mailing list, web interface at https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/firebird-devel
