copied from http://lwn.net/Articles/18925/ and i suppose this is a bit more clear than my previous posts <copy> From: Mark J Cox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Errata policy updates and product end of life Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2002 15:28:59 +0000 (GMT) Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This email outlines our new policy for errata support for Red Hat Linux products and gives the end-of-life dates for currently supported products. With the release of Red Hat Linux 8.0 in October, we have been evaluating the errata support periods for our previous Red Hat Linux distributions. Usually when a new major version is released we would immediately discontinue errata support for all but the final point release of previous versions. Every errata released by Red Hat undergoes vigorous testing and QA procedures on each supported release and platform. By discontinuing errata support for older releases, we are able to concentrate on the supported platforms and ensure timely fixes to critical issues. We believe Red Hat Linux users should be able to plan migrations and upgrades in advance and therefore need an errata support policy that gives clear guidance on on product end-of-life dates, without any immediate discontinuation as we release new major revisions. Therefore, starting with Red Hat Linux 8.0, we have updated the errata support policy and will now provide errata support for all releases of the base OS for at least 12 months from the date of the initial release. The Red Hat Linux Advanced Server product line is not affected by this new policy. We have also taken this opportunity to clarify the end of life dates for errata support for our current products: Red Hat Linux 8.0 (Psyche) December 31, 2003 Red Hat Linux 7.3 (Valhalla) December 31, 2003 Red Hat Linux 7.2 (Enigma) December 31, 2003 Red Hat Linux 7.1 (Seawolf) December 31, 2003 Red Hat Linux 7.0 (Guinness) March 31, 2003 Red Hat Linux 6.2 (Zoot) March 31, 2003 All users of these products should plan to upgrade before the given end of life dates in order to continue to receive errata. In addition, the following products have now reached their end of life for errata and are no longer supported: Red Hat Linux PowerTools (6.2, 7, and 7.1) All Red Hat Linux releases for the Alpha and Sparc architectures Red Hat Linux 7.1 for the IA64 architecture This policy, as well as our current errata and advisories, are available from http://www.redhat.com/apps/support/errata/ </copy>
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