any hints on status of FC3 t1?

[Craig White]

On Tue, 2004-07-13 at 11:49, Rahul Sundaram wrote:
> Hi
> 
> > > > >>
> > > > >>> FC3 Already?
> 
> I suspect this question will be asked again and again. So here is the answers
> 
> * Fedora Core follows a time based public release schedule just like
> gnome or openbsd or gentoo. The slight variation is that releases are
> not every six months but 2 to 3 releases every year. Time based
> releases have certain qualities.
> 
>             It makes it easier for other developers to target it. As
> an example the next xorg release is being targetted to be included in
> FC3.
> 
>            Certain features might be incomplete or left out for the
> next release. As an example SELinux was originally stated to be
> enabled by default for FC2 and has now shifted to FC3.
> 
> * Fedora is meant to be used by people who like working with the
> latest software in start contrast to enterprises who typically want
> slow moving stable stuff. As everyone who lives on bleeding edge knows
> fast moving stuff tends to have more bugs. Its just like racing
> through high speed on a bike. You share the thrill as well as the
> risk.
> 
> * Every Fedora release is going through very major changes. The last
> time it was big jumps in the kernel, kde, gnome as well trying to
> integrate selinux. This time it is gcc 3.4. new releases of gnome and
> kde as well as selinux yet again.
> 
> * If you are looking to balance these just remember that you dont need
> to download and use every release. Just wait for sometime after a
> release and check if there are any problems that affect you. As an
> example FC2 dual boot problem didnt affect everybody and those who
> dont dual boot are obviously not going to be concerned about it. Feel
> free to skip those releases if you dont want them.
> 
> * There are alternatives. You can go for Redhat Enterprise or Desktop.
> Use a clone like Caos/whitebox/ taolinux. You can choose an
> alternative distro like mandrake or suse or whatever. So just evaluate
> the options and go ahead with what you want.  Everything about fedora
> is pretty much clearly stated in fedora.redhat.com.  Grumbling that it
> is too fast isnt going to change anything
----
stated very nicely

Craig