[Fwd: Wikipidia - Goodbye Red Hat and Fedora]

[Robert Locke]

On Sun, 2008-10-12 at 21:53 -0300, Horst H. von Brand wrote:
> Robert Locke <lists at ralii.com> wrote:
> 
> [...]
> 
> > What I think is lacking (but seem to be being worked on), is a
> > convenient "upgrade" process within the "family".  So that if I use
> > Fedora 9 or 10, that I could "in-place" upgrade to RHEL/CentOS 6 when it
> > comes out.
> 
> By the time RHEL/CentOS comes out, the Fedora from which it branched has
> long moved past it...

Really?  You saying that Fedora 7 came out before RHEL5?  Looking at the
calendar, it's a pretty simple Fedora Core 6, RHEL/CentOS 5, Fedora 7.
I don't see that "long moved past", unless you like to run Rawhide, at
which point, why are we talking about a stable LTS?

>  
> > Historically, using RHEL/CentOS for desktop has been problematic for
> > some given their "stability" and "lack of movement".
> 
> For many desktop uses the latest bling is definitely not a requirement,
> more the contrary.  Sure, on notebooks stuff like WiFi is required (and
> needs a newer kernel, etc). Perhaps a line with the required packages
> (paralell to EPEL) would be doable?

Pick a side please.  If the latest bling is not a requirement, then
explain why CentOS is insufficient in providing the "long term
solution"?

I'm still not seeing the "need" for an LTS Fedora....

--Rob