I reached that conclusion based on a posting on this site yesterday. It's a surprise and frankly I find it hard to believe..
ANYWAY.. we are completely focused on the wrong part of my question which is CPAN verses RPMs. Let's not worry about RH EOL and look at the main question of my initial post. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Terry Milnes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2003 12:43 PM Subject: Re: [SAtalk] CPAN or RPM's? > I don't know how you arrive at that conclusion, versions prior to 7.1 > have reached end of life. RH states that there will be no errata > released for those versions. > > http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/archives/ > > They also state that versions up to 9 will reach end of life at the end > of this year, I didn't see anything that indicates the end of life means > continuing support: > > http://www.redhat.com/apps/support/errata/ > > I have seen no announcements for a new free RedHat release, in fact it > has been quite the opposite. > > tm > > Bill Polhemus wrote: > > I think this thing about RH "dropping" their boxed sets is really, really > > overblown. They will continue to make updates available, and they will > > release new distributions. You just won't be buying them in stores. > > > > William L. Polhemus, Jr. P.E. > > Polhemus Engineering Company > > Katy, Texas USA > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chris > > Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2003 9:37 AM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: [SAtalk] CPAN or RPM's? > > > > Bearing in mind the comments on > > whether or not RH will release another non-commerical version, I'm wondering > > if sticking with the CPAN installation is a better idea than pulling > > everything out and going back to compiling my own RPM and installing that > > way. > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > This SF.net email is sponsored by: SF.net Giveback Program. > > SourceForge.net hosts over 70,000 Open Source Projects. > > See the people who have HELPED US provide better services: > > Click here: http://sourceforge.net/supporters.php > > _______________________________________________ > > Spamassassin-talk mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/spamassassin-talk > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: SF.net Giveback Program. > SourceForge.net hosts over 70,000 Open Source Projects. > See the people who have HELPED US provide better services: > Click here: http://sourceforge.net/supporters.php > _______________________________________________ > Spamassassin-talk mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/spamassassin-talk > ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: SF.net Giveback Program. SourceForge.net hosts over 70,000 Open Source Projects. See the people who have HELPED US provide better services: Click here: http://sourceforge.net/supporters.php _______________________________________________ Spamassassin-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/spamassassin-talk
