[PLUG] Fedora Core 3 EOL...

[Jason R. Martin]

On 3/22/06, plug_0 at robinson-west.com <plug_0 at robinson-west.com> wrote:
> Well it appears to be approaching the end of it's life and already, web
> sites are recommending an upgrade to Fedora Core 4.  The up2date engine
> in my opinion has something to be desired.
>
> First off, is there a way to get all the updates for Fedora Core 3 and
> make a private update mirror before the Internet update servers are
> turned off?

Sounds like a job for wget or rsync.  However, it isn't like the
servers are going to be turned off.  If you had the desire, you could
install FC1 off of mirrors.kernel.org still, along with all the
updates until it was handed off to Fedora Legacy.

> Second off, how do I get the source code for the updated Fedora Core 3
> packages?

The source rpms are stored on the mirrors with the packages, e.g.
http://mirrors.kernel.org/fedora/core/3/SRPMS/

> Third, can the Fedora community fix the updater so that people who update
> samba and want to install samba-swat don't have to force the old version
> on?
>
> For the third problem, I updated samba-swat after forcing the old version on.
> Major kludge though.
>
> Can the Fedora community be convinced to release an end of life version of
> Fedora Core 3 with all of the final updates to it?  Are there tools to replace
> old packages with their updated versions on the Fedora Core 3 iso images and
> rebuild the install trees?  I would like to be able to install Fedora Core 3
> using the updated packages.

Probably not, because there isn't the demand for it.  Fedora is
supposed to be a bleeding-edge distro, and the developers involved
likely don't want to be bothered with creating a stable distro.  If
you want that you'd be better off with RHEL (or CentOS), or a distro
with a different focus like Debian or Ubuntu.

> Is there any way with the gnome updater to make sure that the updated rpms
> don't get deleted after they are installed?  I've been using:
>
> cp -u /var/spool/up2date/*.rpm $backup_dir
>
> before continuing on to the installation stage, but there has to be a better
> way to save a copy of the update rpms that doesn't involve attending the
> update.
>
> Is the Fedora Community fixing the gnome front end to up2date so that
> it doesn't lock up and crash so much?  I've noticed a lot of warnings
> along the lines of, deprecated function call.

No, they are removing up2date, since up2date is a RHEL thing.  You
should look into using yum instead.  yumex is a good GUI front-end to
yum.

> Concerning newer releases of Fedora Core beyond 3, is there a continuing
> developement branch for people who want a more ironed out release of Core 3?
> Is Core 4 the current release?  How is Core 4 different?

Core 5 is the current release, released on last Monday.  Hence the EOL
of Core 3.  Core 3 will be transferred to the Fedora Legacy project,
so look into that if you wish to continue running Core 3 with security
updates.

Jason