Thoughts on FC and the future..

Jeremy Hogan jhogan at redhat.com
Mon Jan 12 16:19:22 UTC 2004


> So, if I am reading you correctly, Fedora Core users are going to have one
> of four options from now on:
> 
> 1) Re-install their servers from scratch, every 5-6 months.

Upgrades should work fine.

> 
> 2) Try to go it alone on an upgrade path that is not supported, and pray
> that they can keep their server somewhat stable in some arcane way.

If you are speaking of production use, folks are already going it alone
on a platform that is not supported. The way the Fedora project is
set-up, though, allows for projects like Fedora Legacy to emerge and
focus on issuing errata for legacy releases.

> 
> As an addendum...is Redhat forcing Fedora Core into a too-rapid release
> cycle in order to force people to purchase their RHEL offerings?  It sure
> feels that way to me...

So far releases haven't happened (or get scheduled to happen) any faster
than RHL, though they are now free to happen when deemed necessary. But
how fast the core releases is not the same as determining how long the
core is maintained by Red Hat, which is not the same as how long it may
be maintained by 3rd party projects and individual contributors.

Product and technical support for Fedora is up to the Fedora community
to provide as well as use. You will always get out of it what you put
in.

--jeremy
> 
> Ben
> 





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