On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 7:48 AM, Garrett Holmstrom <[email protected]> wrote: > > Cobbler's original compatibility policy was to have all code support > RHEL 4 (with Python 2.3). Shortly after extended support for RHEL 2.1 > was announced in 2009, the replace-self code path gained support for > Python as far back as version 1.5 so all systems managed by Satellite > Server could be upgraded in place. > > The current code may or may not still reflect those goals. Either way, > Cobbler's code and compatibility goals can change. But given those bits > of history, dropping support for RHEL 4 on the server sounds reasonable. > The client-side code, however, should strive to remain compatible with > as many releases as possible for, at a minimum, its replace-self > functionality. Note that RHEL 3 (with Python 2.2) has 28 months of > extended support left.
Thanks, that makes a lot of sense. I now see i was a bit too ambitious ;) I will make the necessary modifications in my tree and repost it here. It would be nice if this kind of stuff would be posted on the DeveloperDocs wiki. I'm willing to do it, but i'm not sure a consensus has been reached ;) Grtz, Jörgen Maas _______________________________________________ cobbler-devel mailing list [email protected] https://fedorahosted.org/mailman/listinfo/cobbler-devel
