Great..... after september 30 this year I won't have a single supportable box.... Ummmm Gentlemen..... Are you going to give me new laptops with my 9.1 distro? It wouldn't be a problem if I could manage to get software that would last as long as my hardware... well... let's see 8 years on Win95 ... 6 on 98 ...... hmmmm me thinks the product life cycle is toooooooo short.
James On Tue, 2003-02-04 at 15:44, Mark Chou wrote: > Now that Mandrake has announced their product end-of-life policy > (http://www.mandrakelinux.com/en/productlifetime.php3), I really need a > sustainable upgrade strategy. I've always struggled with rpm updates, > basically downloadling source rpms and building them myself. Mandrake > package dependencies also happen to be particularly 'unkempt,' often > includes things that really aren't necessary. My most "important" MDK box, > a gateway/firewall, is still basically MDK8.0 (console only). > > What do most of you do to keep your machines up to date with necessary > features and security updates? Do you pretty much re-pave each time for a > newer MDK distro, or do you build your own from sources? Any time-saving > hints, like rsync, etc, which would save download time? What are the best > practices? > > > ---- > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
