On Fri, May 11, 2007 at 12:07:14PM +0200, Stephan von Krawczynski wrote: > On Thu, 10 May 2007 07:40:22 +0200 > Marcus Meissner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Wed, May 09, 2007 at 11:50:46PM -0400, Cristian Rodriguez R. wrote: > > > Carlos E. R. escribió: > > > > > > > It happens also with cars and anything else. > > > > > > Exactly..is called "product lifecycle" ;-) > > > > > > > > > >There is a moment when a car > > > > is no longer manufactured, > > > but they still make spares. > > > >Then even spares > > > > are no longer made, then the spares in storage are spent, then the last > > > > users have to get used spares from the dumps, > > > > > > > > > if PHP4 were a car, I can say it is no longer manufactured and the last > > > spare parts are in the way to the dealers, but they are not produced in > > > serie but by small amounts from time to time. > > > > > > >thus suse (the car dealer) has to stop > > > > providing it because they can't get it upstream (the car manufacturers). > > > > > > following your analogy, is worth to mention that the "suse dealer" has > > > supported "the car" for longer time than the other "major dealers" and > > > is time to phase it out once for all because "the car" manteniance is > > > causing techs trouble when they should devote their time improving the > > > "new equivalent" model, that has **waaay** less problems and is > > > supported by the manufacturer. > > > > We still support it for: > > - SLES 8 (until November 2007) > > - SLES 9 (until around 2011) > > > > btw... > > > > Ciao, Marcus > > Now that really gives a kick :-) > Basically we just found out that even the "we don't want to spend time for it > for further support" argument is ridiculously false even within the company. > Supporting it for _some_ version of the distro means somebody has to work and > it means there will be patches for big issues. So the only question left is if > they are made available for the whole community _somewhen_ (maybe later). > > This is really a neat thread ;-)
We just do not have it in _new_ products. So what is the issue? Ciao, Marcus --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
