Ok, 8.0 is out, everything is wonderfull, we're on cooker, everyone has the latest kernel, latest everything... However, with 8.0 out, a decision has been taken to stop security updates on old versions (7.0 and before). I would like Mandrake people to reconsider strongly this decision. There are people with not-so-recent computers on which an "old" Linux Mandrake is running. I have 2 such computers, running 7.0. They have more than 60 users, a web server, and a lot of non-LM rpms things (scientific applications). Installing a new distribution (upgrading) is never so easy. And I only have 2 computers, what about people with a lot of them ? Please, please, don't push too much for new versions. I know it is not so easy to maintain old distributions, but it is just security bug fixes. You can have one PC with the full RPMS, SRPMS and running each of the old Mandrake versions. You cannot just say "it is provided without waranties". People trust you... And remember Mandrake 7.0 is only from Jan 2000! That's less than a year and a half ago!!! Cheers, -- Xavier
