Re: [PATCH] Inform users about the eol of i?86

[Bernhard Bitsch <bbitsch@ipfire.org>]

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Hello,

good remark in the wiki. But in the actual situation, it brings up 
another question. Not only i?86 systems are hard to get, this is true 
for many x64 systems also. Not everybody has a spare system laying around.
Could we extend support of those old systems by 1-3 months?
In terms of security it is better to use an old HW than an outdated SW.

Regards,
Bernhard

Am 29.11.2021 um 11:30 schrieb Michael Tremer:
> Hello,
> 
> I have merged the page into the “System Requirements” section because I felt like it fits there best.
> 
> Where we say what we support, we should also say what we do not support.
> 
>    https://wiki.ipfire.org/hardware/requirements
> 
> -Michael
> 
>> On 29 Nov 2021, at 10:16, Michael Tremer <michael.tremer(a)ipfire.org> wrote:
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>> Indeed. Good catch.
>>
>> I think this would be fine without the link. We will send an announcement which people hopefully won’t miss.
>>
>> @Jonatan: Are you going to resubmit this patch?
>>
>> Best,
>> -Michael
>>
>>> On 28 Nov 2021, at 20:09, Leo Hofmann <hofmann(a)leo-andres.de> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi Jonatan,
>>>
>>> Am 28.11.2021 um 16:43 schrieb Jonatan Schlag:
>>>> The warning point to a wiki page which is currently in construction.
>>>> This should give us the opportunity to add further information for
>>>> these users even if we do not provide updates anymore.
>>>>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Jonatan Schlag <jonatan.schlag(a)ipfire.org>
>>>> ---
>>>> html/cgi-bin/index.cgi | 4 ++--
>>>> langs/de/cgi-bin/de.pl | 1 +
>>>> langs/en/cgi-bin/en.pl | 1 +
>>>> 3 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>>>>
>>>> diff --git a/html/cgi-bin/index.cgi b/html/cgi-bin/index.cgi
>>>> index 948fdde55..90e2daff0 100644
>>>> --- a/html/cgi-bin/index.cgi
>>>> +++ b/html/cgi-bin/index.cgi
>>>> @@ -541,10 +541,10 @@ if ( ! -e "/var/ipfire/main/send_profile") {
>>>> 	$warnmessage .= "<li><a style='color: white;' href='fireinfo.cgi'>$Lang::tr{'fireinfo please enable'}</a></li>";
>>>> }
>>>> -# Legacy architecture
>>>> +# EOL architecture
>>>> my ($sysname, $nodename, $release, $version, $machine) = &POSIX::uname();
>>>> if ($machine =~ m/^i.86$/) {
>>>> -	$warnmessage .= "<li>$Lang::tr{'legacy architecture warning'}</li>";
>>>> +	$warnmessage .= "<li href='https://wiki.ipfire.org/hardware/eol-architectures'>$Lang::tr{'eol architecture warning'}</li>";
>>> The "href" attribute isn't officially allowed in <li> elements, this link may not work with picky browsers.
>>> Here you can see which elements support "href": https://www.w3schools.com/tags/att_href.asp
>>>
>>> Best regards
>>> Leo
>>>
>>>> }
>>>>    # Memory usage warning
>>>> diff --git a/langs/de/cgi-bin/de.pl b/langs/de/cgi-bin/de.pl
>>>> index e350bc651..c81b28fea 100644
>>>> --- a/langs/de/cgi-bin/de.pl
>>>> +++ b/langs/de/cgi-bin/de.pl
>>>> @@ -989,6 +989,7 @@
>>>> 'enter data' => 'Geben Sie die Daten ein <br /> und klicken Sie danach auf <i>Speichern</i>.',
>>>> 'entropy' => 'Entropie',
>>>> 'entropy graphs' => 'Entropiegraphen',
>>>> +'eol architecture warning' => 'Sie betreiben ein IPFire System auf einer Architektur, welche nicht mehr unterstützt wird. Sie werden keine Updates mehr erhalten. Das ist ein Sicherheitsrisiko.',
>>>> 'err bk 1' => 'Fehler beim Erzeugen des Archivs',
>>>> 'err bk 10 password' => 'Fehler beim Datensicherungs-Passwort',
>>>> 'err bk 2 key' => 'Fehler beim Erzeugen der Schlüsseldatei',
>>>> diff --git a/langs/en/cgi-bin/en.pl b/langs/en/cgi-bin/en.pl
>>>> index 4c05dcf76..a92bb07f8 100644
>>>> --- a/langs/en/cgi-bin/en.pl
>>>> +++ b/langs/en/cgi-bin/en.pl
>>>> @@ -1015,6 +1015,7 @@
>>>> 'enter data' => 'Enter your settings <br /> and then press <i>Save</i>.',
>>>> 'entropy' => 'Entropy',
>>>> 'entropy graphs' => 'Entropy Graphs',
>>>> +'eol architecture warning' => 'You are running an architecture of IPFire which reached its end of life. You will not receive updates anymore. This is a security risk.',
>>>> 'err bk 1' => 'Error creating archive',
>>>> 'err bk 10 password' => 'Error with backup password',
>>>> 'err bk 2 key' => 'Error creating key file',
>>
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