Sad but true. In RPM land, one can make rpms all day long to merge in patched stuff from upstream that is not in a supported release. But unless that person is either a) a distro guru or b) has WAY too much time on their hands, it's just not practical.<br>
<br>In short, IT is a rapidly moving target. Either bite the constant upgrade rope and hang on for the ride or be ready to use ancient, discontinued, bug-ridden, security nightmare stuff on a daily basis.<br><br>Luckily, the hardware obsolescence in Linux-land is not as fast as in WindBlows/sMac realms. But my serial mouse and my 386DX system are no longer supported in the kernel so I can either add custom patches or generate more e-waste.<br>
<br>trash can is getting full :-) <br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jan 4, 2013 at 11:07 AM, James Sumners <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:james.sumners@gmail.com" target="_blank">james.sumners@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Riiiight, because creating deb packages is simple. Be realistic.<br>
Unless you've gone the LFS route, this isn't feasible with _any_<br>
distribution.<br>
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On Fri, Jan 4, 2013 at 10:56 AM, Edward Holcroft <<a href="mailto:eholcroft@mkainc.com">eholcroft@mkainc.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> And my (poorly made) point is that it doesn't. All Ubuntu support means is<br>
> that Canonical is rolling the debs for you. As long as you have the Linux<br>
> source code at your disposal, you can keep patching your system for as long<br>
> as you have an itch to scratch. In perpetuity, if that's what you want.<br>
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