how bleeding edge will the next fedora release be?

[Jim Cornette]

Simon Windsor wrote:

>Hi
>
>So long as Redhat/Fedora initially test all new packages in 'testing'
>for a few weeks before general release I don't mind.
>
>If I want a stable system, go for Debian. I have Debian on three servers
>for that very reason, but for a fun desktop, Fedora looks fine! I only
>hope that this project has the momentum to go forward.
>
>Simon
> 
>On Thu, 2003-12-11 at 02:02, David Kistner wrote:
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>>Preston Crawford wrote:
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>>>----- Original Message -----
>>>From: David Jansen
>>>Sent: 12/10/2003 12:59:13 PM
>>>To: fedora-list at redhat.com
>>>Subject: Re: how bleeding edge will the next fedora release be?
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>>>>You can already take packages from the "testing" repositories if you
>>>>want to be closer to the bleeding edge than what Fedora offers by default.
>>>>
>>>>I think this is a good mix, FC is a reasonably stable platform which can
>>>>be used in production (although more bleeding edge than RH(E)L), and for
>>>>those who want newer packages, use beta packages, 2.6test kernels etc.
>>>>
>>>>David Jansen
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>>>Exactly. Why the need to move the default closer to bleeding edge? This helps no one and could hurt some of us who want to use a stable distro. Or force us to go distro-shopping again.
>>>
>>>Preston
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>>Bleeding edge would send me to another distro.  I don't need the headaches.
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I think that the current setup for updates, core, testing and 
development are good to make a system that satisfies  everyone according 
to what they are willing to risk.

Adding a security section would be a god idea as to keep newly installed 
and curretly running systems as safe as possible. I like the current 
structure that Fedora has.

I did get detoured a bit by adding kudzu from the development tree. It 
killed redhat-config-xfree86 and redhat-config-boot. After downgrading 
to safer version of kudzu both started working again. So having too easy 
access to alternative repositories has its penalties also.

Also, I have used RHL since 4.2 version (5.2 as a highly used OS). The 
evolution is very much as I prefer.

Jim