Thoughts on FC and the future..

[William Hooper]

WipeOut said:

> 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..

This idea falls apart pretty quickly depending on what is being upgraded. 
Looking at the devel list, for example, Python is going to be upgraded in
FC2.  Yum is based on Python, and Yum needed recompiled for the new
version.  Now with an Anaconda based install who cares.  You aren't using
the installed system for anything during the upgrade process.  However, if
you are trying to use the Python tools to upgrade the system you are going
to see major headaches.

People have done this in the past with other updates (8 -> 9 or 9 -> FC1),
but it has always been on the assumption of "if it breaks, you get to keep
the pieces".

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William Hooper