** Original comment by rdassen **
2. What is the nature and description of the request?
Customer would like the 'sharutils' package to be supported in RHEL 6, as it
was in earlier RHEL versions.
3. Why does the customer need this? (List the business requirements
here)
"The uuencode command is supported by our Solaris 10 builds and widely used by
development environment and applications on that platforms. The sharutils
package has enabled migrations of these applications and is currently used on
approximately 2,000 RHEL4 and RHEL5 servers globally at [Customer]. Not having
support for this package is a major barrier for migrating our applications from
Solaris and older RHEL releases to RHEL6."
4. How would the customer like to achieve this? (List the functional
requirements here)
I don't think this question is applicable to this request.
5. For each functional requirement listed in question 4, specify how
Red Hat and the customer can test to confirm the requirement is
successfully implemented.
I don't think this question is applicable to this request.
6. Is there already an existing RFE upstream or in Red Hat bugzilla?
I was not able to find an existing RFE for this request.
7. Does the customer have any specific timeline dependencies?
ASAP, probably RHEL 6.3 assuming this is too late for 6.2.
8. Is the sales team involved in this request and do they have any
additional input?
No.
9. List any affected packages
sharutils
sharutils-debug
10. Would the customer be able to assist in testing this functionality
if implemented?
There's really nothing test.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 has reached the end of Production 1 Phase of its Life Cycle (see https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata/ for details). Accordingly, there are no plans to incorporate this feature in a future Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 release.
To request the feature be included in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7, please re-open the request for Red Hat Enterprise 7 and provide additional business and/or technical information about the importance of this feature to you.
** Original comment by rdassen ** 2. What is the nature and description of the request? Customer would like the 'sharutils' package to be supported in RHEL 6, as it was in earlier RHEL versions. 3. Why does the customer need this? (List the business requirements here) "The uuencode command is supported by our Solaris 10 builds and widely used by development environment and applications on that platforms. The sharutils package has enabled migrations of these applications and is currently used on approximately 2,000 RHEL4 and RHEL5 servers globally at [Customer]. Not having support for this package is a major barrier for migrating our applications from Solaris and older RHEL releases to RHEL6." 4. How would the customer like to achieve this? (List the functional requirements here) I don't think this question is applicable to this request. 5. For each functional requirement listed in question 4, specify how Red Hat and the customer can test to confirm the requirement is successfully implemented. I don't think this question is applicable to this request. 6. Is there already an existing RFE upstream or in Red Hat bugzilla? I was not able to find an existing RFE for this request. 7. Does the customer have any specific timeline dependencies? ASAP, probably RHEL 6.3 assuming this is too late for 6.2. 8. Is the sales team involved in this request and do they have any additional input? No. 9. List any affected packages sharutils sharutils-debug 10. Would the customer be able to assist in testing this functionality if implemented? There's really nothing test.