On Mon, Jun 18, 2012 at 7:07 AM, Herbert Duerr <h...@apache.org> wrote:
> On 18.06.2012 10:37, Ji Yan wrote: > >> According to build guide[1], gcc 4.2.3 is the current reference compiler >> which means Linux build should be compiled against RedHat Enterprise >> Linux(RHEL) 6 or SuSE Linux Enterprise Desktop(SLED) 11. So I'm wondering >> if we should drop OS support for RHEL5 and SLED 10? >> >> The fact is that AOO 3.4 release build is unable to be launched in neither >> RHEL5 nor SLED 10. Should we update system requirement and installation >> guide? >> > > In my opinion we should try to run on on RHEL5 or SLED10 unless there are > new technical requirements which make running it not feasible anymore. > AFAIK if we build the binaries on a suitable older platform (e.g. RHEL5 or > Centos5 instead of e.g. Ubuntu 12.04) then the binaries should work almost > anywhere as nowadays backward compatibility of Linux binaries is a widely > shared goal. > > Herbert > I hope you are right, Herbert. RHEL 3 is going out of "Extended Support" (EOL) in 2014 RHEL 4 is going out of "Extended Support" (EOL) in 2015 RHEL 5 is going out of "Extended Support" (EOL) in 2020 RHEL 6 is going out of "Extended Support" (EOL) in 2023 per https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata/ SLES 9 is going out of "Extended Support" (EOL) in 2014. SLES 10 is going out of "Extended Support" (EOL) in 2016. (possibly 2019 if this article is to be believed: http://www.internetnews.com/software/article.php/3930731/Novell+Extends+Linux+Support+Updates+SLES+10.htm ) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SUSE_Linux_Enterprise_Server#Version_history Sources may be inaccurate and I may have interpreted them poorly. These things are going to be around a long time yet. -Wolf -- This Apt Has Super Cow Powers - http://sourcefreedom.com Open-Source Software in Libraries - http://FOSS4Lib.org Advancing Libraries Together - http://LYRASIS.org Apache Open Office Developer wolfhal...@apache.org
