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Red Hat: RHSA-2010:0734-01 Low Severity EOL Notification

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Calendar Grey September 30, 2010
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Red Hat reveals the immediate discontinuation of support for enterprise Linux 3. Key information regarding migration and assistance.
This is the 1-month notification of the End Of Life plans for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3

Solution

This erratum contains an updated redhat-release package, that provides a copy of this end of life notice in the "/usr/share/doc/" directory.

Summary

In accordance with the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Errata Support Policy, the regular 7 year life-cycle of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 will end on October 31, 2010.
After this date, Red Hat will discontinue the regular subscription services for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3. Therefore, new bug fix, enhancement, and security errata updates, as well as technical support services will no longer be available for the following products:
* Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 3 * Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES 3 * Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS 3 * Red Hat Enterprise Linux Extras 3 * Red Hat Desktop 3 * Red Hat Global File System 3 * Red Hat Cluster Suite 3
Customers still running production workloads on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 are advised to begin planning the upgrade to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. Active subscribers of Red Hat Enterprise Linux already have access to all currently maintained versions of Red Hat Enterprise Linux, as part of their subscription without additional fees.
For customers who are unable to migrate off Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 before its end-of-life date, Red Hat is offering a limited, optional extension program referred to as RHEL 3 ELS. For more information, contact your Red Hat sales representative or channel partner on this program.
Once you are eligible for subscribing to the RHEL 3 ELS channels, read the Red Hat Knowledgebase article DOC-40489 at https://access.redhat.com/kb/docs/DOC-40489 for detailed information on how to subscribe to the RHEL 3 ELS channels.
Details of the Red Hat Enterprise Linux life-cycle can be found on the Red Hat website: https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#low https://access.redhat.com/kb/docs/DOC-40489 https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3:
Source:
i386: redhat-release-3AS-13.9.10.i386.rpm redhat-release-debuginfo-3AS-13.9.10.i386.rpm
ia64: redhat-release-3AS-13.9.10.ia64.rpm redhat-release-debuginfo-3AS-13.9.10.ia64.rpm
ppc: redhat-release-3AS-13.9.10.ppc.rpm redhat-release-debuginfo-3AS-13.9.10.ppc.rpm
s390: redhat-release-3AS-13.9.10.s390.rpm redhat-release-debuginfo-3AS-13.9.10.s390.rpm
s390x: redhat-release-3AS-13.9.10.s390x.rpm redhat-release-debuginfo-3AS-13.9.10.s390x.rpm
x86_64: redhat-release-3AS-13.9.10.x86_64.rpm redhat-release-debuginfo-3AS-13.9.10.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Desktop version 3:
Source:
i386: redhat-release-3Desktop-13.9.10.i386.rpm redhat-release-debuginfo-3Desktop-13.9.10.i386.rpm
x86_64: redhat-release-3Desktop-13.9.10.x86_64.rpm redhat-release-debuginfo-3Desktop-13.9.10.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3:
Source:
i386: redhat-release-3ES-13.9.10.i386.rpm redhat-release-debuginfo-3ES-13.9.10.i386.rpm
ia64: redhat-release-3ES-13.9.10.ia64.rpm redhat-release-debuginfo-3ES-13.9.10.ia64.rpm
x86_64: redhat-release-3ES-13.9.10.x86_64.rpm redhat-release-debuginfo-3ES-13.9.10.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3:
Source:
i386: redhat-release-3WS-13.9.10.i386.rpm redhat-release-debuginfo-3WS-13.9.10.i386.rpm
ia64:

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Advisory ID: RHSA-2010:0734-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Issue date: 2010-09-30

Topic

This is the 1-month notification of the End Of Life plans for Red HatEnterprise Linux 3.

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Desktop version 3 - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 - i386, ia64, ppc, s390, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 - i386, ia64, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 - i386, ia64, x86_64

Bugs Fixed

635632 - Send Out RHEL 3 1-Month EOL Notice

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