[rdo-list] Archived EOL distribution not available?

[Baek Hyun-wook]

Thank you , David and Haïkel
and especially for the explanation about the purpose.

The reason I am trying to deploy Icehouse is for some special research
purpose,
so I will try using some custom yum repo files..

Regards,
Hyun-wook Baek

On Sun, May 15, 2016 at 7:08 PM, Haïkel <hguemar at fedoraproject.org> wrote:

> 2016-05-15 19:28 GMT+02:00 Baek Hyun-wook <baekhw at cs.utah.edu>:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I have been using OpenSatck Icehouse on CentOS 6 for research purpose,
> > but recently found the rdo-release-* files in EOL archive are all removed
> > from the repository in fedorapeople
> > (i.e., repos.fedorapeople.org/repos/openstack/EOL/openstack-
> > /epel-6/).
> >
> > Actually, I am in critical trouble for this
> > because deployment of that version on CentOS 6 is essential
> > for evaluation of my system..
> >
> > I am not sure those files are deleted by accident
> > or intentionally to prevent people to use deprecated versions.
> > But, if latter is the case, I think it is not fit to the purpose of an
> > archive as well..
> >
> > It looks there are also some other people who are confused for this:
> >
> https://ask.fedoraproject.org/en/question/87680/did-the-package-rdo-release-icehouse-4noarchrpm-get-renamed/
> >
> > Please consider to bring back those rdo-release-* files in the archive..
> > Or is there any other mirror repo where I can get old versions of
> OpenStack
> > on CentOS?
> >
> > Regards,
> > Hyun-wook Baek
> >
>
> FYI, they were deleted on purpose and here's why:
> When we EOL a version, we move repositories content to the EOL
> directory to indicate their status [1]
> Since the repository files installed by the rdo-release packages
> points to the old location, not only they are useless
> but they would give end-users the false idea that they still can
> deploy those versions by just installing those packages.
>
> Though I do not recommend to use EOL repositories You could also write
> your own yum repository files pointing to the new locations.
>
> Regards,
> H.
>
> [1] RDO Icehouse EOL announcement:
> https://www.redhat.com/archives/rdo-list/2015-August/msg00058.html
>
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