Hello, based on the feedback we received on this issue, we decided to actually drop the plan I outlined in this thread. Instead we will add access to the Optional Productivity Applications channel to all Server Subscriptions in the next RHN profile update.
I hope that resolves the issues and sorry for the hassle. Regards, Daniel On Sun, 2007-03-25 at 16:23 -0700, Daniel Riek wrote: > Yes, that channel will contain the Desktop packages not included in the > Server tree. > > Now, the goal is not to enable widespread client installation of the > server variant - we have a client for that - or use as "terminal-server" > kind-of setups - there virtualization is the recommended solution: In > cases where these approaches do not fit, the Optional Productivity Apps > channel will provide an alternative. > > The support though will be limited to maintenance (bug- and security > fixes). The current plan is to have Customer Service give it to > customers requiring it. I will post an announcement on this channel as > soon as it is ready. > > Regards, > > Daniel > > > On Thu, 2007-03-22 at 10:11 -0400, Brian Long wrote: > > I just read the errata announcement and saw OpenOffice was available for > > RHEL 5 Server in a channel named as follows: > > > > RHEL Optional Productivity Applications (v. 5 server) - i386, x86_64 > > > > Does anyone see this channel in RHN? I wonder if Thunderbird and other > > missing packages from RHEL 5 Client are in this channel. > > > > /Brian/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > rhelv5-list mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rhelv5-list -- Daniel Riek, Product Manager Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Red Hat Inc. E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.redhat.com/ Key-FP: 3DD7 C376 C3E0 1917 9A63 6343 5A26 2C59 6C07 6F32
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