----- Original Message ----- > From: "Gary Scarborough" <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Friday, February 10, 2012 9:56:04 PM > Subject: Re: [Users] Ovirt Support life (timeframe) - upgrade path ? > > > > > > On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 8:26 AM, Perry Myers < [email protected] > > wrote: > > > > On 02/10/2012 08:03 AM, Mike Burns wrote: > > I answered with my limited knowledge on IRC, but I'll answer here > > too > > for those who didn't see the IRC questions. > > > > On Fri, 2012-02-10 at 03:48 -0700, Robyn Bergeron wrote: > >> On 02/10/2012 03:42 AM, Morgan Cox wrote: > >>> Hi. > >>> > >>> As Fedora the default system that Ovirt is packaged for does this > >>> mean that Ovirt will have the same (short) support life of 18 > >>> months ? I ask as that is a bit short to have in enterprise .. > > > > There is always RHEV if you want longer support... > > Right, I think the first question we should be asking here is... > > Morgan, what do you mean specifically by support? > > Since it's an upstream project, typically each new release would > obviate > the previous one, and new features would only go into the latest > version. > > One valid question is whether or not bugfixes will only go into the > latest version, or if the immediate prior version will get updates. > (For example, bugfixes are backported to Fedora 15 even though Fedora > 16 > is out) > > Also, the term support from an upstream perspective is much different > than from a product perspective. > > Perry > > > _______________________________________________ > Users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/users > > > So on a follow up question: Is any consideration being given to RHEL > as far as compatibility? Will Ovirt features be held back if adding > them would be impossible to do with RHEL? Like a feature requiring a > major update to a RHEL package? Or is it up to the RHEV developers > to sort it all out for their needs? It won't be long before Fedora > outpaces RHEL on version levels, depending on the time frame for > RHEL 7. RHEL 5 had a very long life span and was quite dated by the > time RHEL 6 shipped.
What does "held back mean"? That's like asking if Fedora will be held back because of RHEL. Upstream is upstream - it's where new features are developed sometimes they can be backported, other times it's not possible and means waiting for a major release. > > -- > Gary Scarborough > IST Lab Manager > Rochester Institute of Technology > Rochester NY > > _______________________________________________ > Users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/users > _______________________________________________ Users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/users
