Thoughts on FC and the future..

[Mike Chambers]

On Mon, 2004-01-12 at 05:33, WipeOut wrote:

> Since the release interval between releases as so short (FC1 -> FC2 = 
> 5Months) has any thought been given to maybe putting a structure in 
> place that would allow initial installs to  be performed by downloading 
> the major release ISO's and then from there simply have a rolling 
> upgrade meaning that as updates and upgrades happen the community can 
> simply use YUM or a similar app to stay current.. I know that YUM can 
> already perform and upgrade or update and most times it is sucessful but 
> if the development community had this type of functionality in mind it 
> would mean that the short release cycle would not be as much of a crisis 
> for people using Fedora.. This is how "One Base Linux" appear to do it..

While this is one way of testing upgrading (via apt/yum/whatever), it's
also not testing the new/newer/upgraded installer (anaconda) and how a
new install or upgraded install works from the get go.

-- 
Mike Chambers
Madisonville, KY

"It's funny until someone gets hurt...then it's hilarious!"