12:42 p.m.
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 ..
I.e if I install Ovirt in Fedora 16 will support life run out when Fedora
16 runs out or will I be able to upgrade Ovirt/Fedora to the next version?
Are there going packages for Centos ? If so will they be supported longer ?
If this information is out there already can you point me to the right
direction ?
Regards
12:48 p.m.
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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 ..
Hi Morgan,
I don't have answers to the rest of your question, but just wanted to
point out that each release of Fedora is maintained for approximately 13
months, rather than 18. (The entire life of a release would be around
18-19 months, though, if you're including the development period.)
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_Release_Life_Cycle
Just wanted to clear up any confusion or inconsistencies :)
Cheers,
Robyn
I.e if I install Ovirt in Fedora 16 will support life run out when
Fedora 16 runs out or will I be able to upgrade Ovirt/Fedora to the
next version?
Are there going packages for Centos ? If so will they be supported
longer ?
If this information is out there already can you point me to the right
direction ?
Regards
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On 02/10/2012 03:42 AM, Morgan Cox wrote:
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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 ..<br>
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<br>
Hi Morgan,<br>
<br>
I don't have answers to the rest of your question, but just wanted
to point out that each release of Fedora is maintained for
approximately 13 months, rather than 18. (The entire life of a
release would be around 18-19 months, though, if you're including
the development period.)<br>
<br>
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href="http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_Release_Life_Cycle"&...
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Just wanted to clear up any confusion or inconsistencies :) <br>
<br>
Cheers,<br>
<br>
Robyn<br>
<br>
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cite="mid:CAGfHYARSCEMC_VZ_pb7rQdq2nUSrQwYq6JeS2aURmpLRGGw5Tw@mail.gmail.com"
type="cite"><br>
I.e if I install Ovirt in Fedora 16 will support life run out when
Fedora 16 runs out or will I be able to upgrade Ovirt/Fedora to
the next version?<br>
<br>
Are there going packages for Centos ? If so will they be
supported longer ?<br>
<br>
If this information is out there already can you point me to the
right direction ?<br>
<br>
Regards<br>
<br>
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3:03 p.m.
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...
Hi Morgan,
I don't have answers to the rest of your question, but just wanted to
point out that each release of Fedora is maintained for approximately
13 months, rather than 18. (The entire life of a release would be
around 18-19 months, though, if you're including the development
period.)
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_Release_Life_Cycle
Just wanted to clear up any confusion or inconsistencies :)
Cheers,
Robyn
>
> I.e if I install Ovirt in Fedora 16 will support life run out when
> Fedora 16 runs out or will I be able to upgrade Ovirt/Fedora to the
> next version?
It's an upstream project, so it's really up to the community in what
they want to support. I would expect that each release would be
targeted at the current versions of the various distros. Upgrades
should work from version to version (though that code doesn't exist yet,
AFAIK).
>
> Are there going packages for Centos ? If so will they be supported
> longer ?
Again, since it's an open source project, there is no official support.
I don't believe there has been any talk about lifecycle yet since we
just sent out our first release yesterday.
>
> If this information is out there already can you point me to the
> right direction ?
No where that I've seen.
Mike
>
> Regards
>
>
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3:26 p.m.
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
4:56 a.m.
On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 8:26 AM, Perry Myers <pmyers(a)redhat.com> 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
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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.
--
Gary Scarborough
IST Lab Manager
Rochester Institute of Technology
Rochester NY
5 a.m.
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From: "Gary Scarborough" <virtuallymad(a)gmail.com>
To: users(a)ovirt.org
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 < pmyers(a)redhat.com >
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
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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
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