On 30.11.2013 16:43, Fernando Cassia wrote: > On Sat, Nov 30, 2013 at 12:34 PM, Frank Mehnert > <frank.mehn...@oracle.com>wrote: > >> we always try to build packages not for _every_ release of a Linux >> distribution. For 4.3.x we offer packages for F17 and F18, the F18 >> packages work well on F19. >> > > My point was that if you provide releases for Fedora 17, very few people > will download and use it, because > EVERYONE has moved off Fedora 17 by now. Fedora is "bleeding edge" distro > released twice a year. Supported releases (that get bugfixes, including > security fixes) are the last released version, and the one before that > (currently that means Fedora 19 and 18). Fedora 17 is EOL by now. > > Thus, there aren't many (if any) Fedora 17 users out there because there's > no longer security or stability fixes on the repos anymore, it's an > obsolete release. > > If, going forward, you could adjust your releases to cover "current Fedora > version -1" (that would be Fedora 18 by now) then you'll please everyone. > By the time Fedora 20 is released, you'd be building Virtualbox RPMs for > Fedora 19, and so on... > > I hope you get my idea. Thanks a bunch for listening Frank.
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