- Issued:
- 2015-08-27
- Updated:
- 2015-08-27
RHSA-2015:1691 - Security Advisory
Synopsis
Low: Red Hat Enterprise Developer Toolset Version 2 One-Month Retirement Notice
Type/Severity
Security Advisory: Low
Topic
This is the One-Month notification for the retirement of Red Hat Developer
Toolset Version 2. This notification applies only to those customers
subscribed to the channel for Red Hat Developer Toolset Version 2.
Description
In accordance with the Red Hat Enterprise Developer Toolset Life Cycle
policy, the Red Hat Developer Toolset Version 2 offering will be retired as
of September 30, 2015, and support will no longer be provided. Accordingly,
Red Hat will no longer provide updated packages, including Critical impact
security patches or urgent priority bug fixes, for Developer Toolset
Version 2 after September 30, 2015. In addition, technical support through
Red Hat's Global Support Services will no longer be provided for Red Hat
Developer Toolset Version 2 after this date.
We encourage customers using Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 to plan their
migration from Red Hat Enterprise Developer Toolset Version 2 to a more
recent release of Red Hat Developer Toolset. As a benefit of the Red Hat
subscription model, customers can use their active Red Hat Developer
Toolset subscriptions to entitle any system on a currently supported
version of this product.
Details of the Red Hat Enterprise Developer Toolset life cycle can be found
here: https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/dts/
Solution
Red Hat Enterprise Developer Toolset Version 2 will be retired on September
30, 2015. Customers using Red Hat Enterprise 6 are encouraged to migrate to
a newer release of Red Hat Enterprise Developer Toolset, and can find
additional details on the Red Hat Enterprise Developer Toolset life cycle
at https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/dts/
Customers using Red Hat Enterprise Developer Toolset Version 2 with Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 5 are encouraged to move to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 for
all new development in order to take advantage of newer versions of the Red
Hat Enterprise Developer Toolset.
Affected Products
- Red Hat Developer Toolset (for RHEL Server) 2 for RHEL 6 x86_64
- Red Hat Developer Toolset (for RHEL Server) 2 for RHEL 6 i386
- Red Hat Developer Toolset (for RHEL Server) 2 for RHEL 5 x86_64
- Red Hat Developer Toolset (for RHEL Server) 2 for RHEL 5 i386
- Red Hat Developer Toolset (for RHEL Workstation) 2 for RHEL 6 x86_64
- Red Hat Developer Toolset (for RHEL Workstation) 2 for RHEL 6 i386
- Red Hat Developer Toolset (for RHEL Workstation) 2 for RHEL 5 x86_64
- Red Hat Developer Toolset (for RHEL Workstation) 2 for RHEL 5 i386
Fixes
(none)CVEs
(none)
The Red Hat security contact is secalert@redhat.com. More contact details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/.