2 Aug
2022
2 Aug
'22
8:37 p.m.
I naively assume that since Decnet is a mature product supporting it just means testing it
with new versions of Linux so not too much work is needed. If a linux distro keeps it it
adds value to that distro. So, in the future, Redhat, for example, might be the only
distro left supporting it so if you need Decnet you’ll want Redhat. This Creates a niche
market by default.
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On Aug 2, 2022, at 13:12, Grant Taylor via cctalk
<cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> wrote:
On 8/2/22 1:56 PM, Wayne S via cctalk wrote:
Does dropping Decnet mean the the commercial
versions like Redhat and any others that you pay support for will also lose Decnet?
I imagine that even commercially supported distributions will eventually loose DECnet
support. -- I don't see how they can realistically avoid it.
Red Hat is notorious for avoiding the bleeding edge and porting things across kernel
versions. So I suspect that they would have support longer than something like Debian et
al.
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