On 04/03/2013 02:15 AM, Dr Andrew C Aitchison wrote:
> On Tue, 2 Apr 2013, Konstantin Olchanski wrote:
>
>> On Tue, Apr 02, 2013 at 10:09:45AM +0100, Dr Andrew C Aitchison wrote:
>>>
>>> 2) For those who haven't heard this, some links:
>>> http://support.google.com/chrome/bin/answer.py?hl=en-GB&answer=95411
>>
>> RHEL/SL/SLC are not listed at all. No announcement anywhere on google
>> about adding or dropping support for any specific version of RHEL/SL.
>>
>>> http://www.muktware.com/5203/google-says-red-hat-enterprise-linux-6-obsolete
>>>
>>
>> Information at above link is factually incorrect.
>> Updates of google-chrome for SL6 have not stopped.
>>
>> Latest update is google-chrome-stable-26.0.1410.43-189671.x86_64
>> with build date Thu Mar 21 12:41:44 2013.
>
> Ever since I installed that version, google-chrome warns me that
> it has stopped supporting this version of my operating system
> - I'm running Scientific Linux release 6.3 (Carbon).
>
> "yum --enablerepo=google-chrome list" does list
> google-chrome-beta.x86_64           26.0.1410.43-189671      google-chrome
> google-chrome-unstable.x86_64       27.0.1453.12-191631      google-chrome
> so there may be more releases to come, but it is worth noting that
> google-chrome-beta and google-chrome-stable are curently the same version.
> The unstables are still being updated nightly (but is that a script on
> auto-pilot?)
>
> Updates may be continuing but Google *is* telling me,
> in a very obvious way, that they have stopped....
>

Two comments on the above issues (using EL current production on a 
full-service workstation, not a server):

1.  Some sites -- including the web site home page from my university -- 
automatically include Flash.  This same group pushes the Microsoft 
environment whenever possible -- and must be pushed into a corner to 
comply with W3C and IETF open interoperable standards.  If (or when) 
Flash features no longer supported under the last release for EL are 
required, such sites may not be fully functional.
Is there any Flash workalike replacement?  Can one be developed or is 
Flash compliance proprietary closed standard?

2.  Google Chrome is another issue -- there are situations under which 
Chrome functions better (in practice) than Firefox or Opera.  Is full 
Chrome source still available?  If so, is there any group willing to do 
and maintain a port of current Chrome?  (My own group does not have 
sufficient staffing for this activity.)

Yasha Karant