Fwd: Re: releasing updates-testing packages without VERIFY votes

[Jeff Sheltren]

On Fri, September 23, 2005 3:13 pm, Mike McCarty said:
>
> As far as I can see, the sole reason for existence of the Fedora
> Legacy is stability. If I were willing to forego the stability,
> I'd upgrade to FC4 right now, today. I'm not willing to do that,
> so I came to Legacy.
>
> If Legacy compromises stability, then I see no need for it to exist.
>
> If Legacy takes this move, then I predict mass exodus.
>
> I'm not going to contribute further to this thread, unless a vote on
> the future of Legacy is called for, as I think I have presented all
> the argument that there is, or even should need to be.
>
> Mike

OK, but from my point of view, the purpose of FL is to extend the EOL of
old RedHat/Fedora distributions by providing security (and only security)
updates. How stable is your box going to be when it gets exploited with an
old security hole for which the fix is sitting in updates-testing due to
lack of QA?  Don't answer that, it's a rhetorical quesiton.

The point is, in order to obtain this stability you speak of, Fedora
Legacy needs to make security updates in a timely manner.

-Jeff