Why do we need FC version attached to the package name?

[Jesse Keating]

On Jun 22, 2009, at 9:38, Frank Murphy <frankly3d at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 22/06/09 08:32, Jesse Keating wrote:
>>>
>>> Maybe, freeze all updates nearing a GA,
>>>
>>>
>>
>> And keep them frozen indefinitely?
>>
>> --
>> Jes
>>
>
> Duh!, forgot the coffee.
>
> That would get the early adopters,
> then nearing EOL of current eg 9.
> Only allow updates for 11.
> Same when 10 is EOL.
> Just update most recent release
>
>

Doesn't actually help anything. People upgrading from the most recent  
release will run into issues unless we stop updates around devel  
freeze, which would leave more than a month without updates and would  
cut our 13 month life to 5 or so.

--
Jes