Speaking of Fedora being behind....

[Scott]

Ben Smith wrote:

> Scott wrote:
>
>>
>> I'd have upgraded myself but I like the integration you get with 
>> Fedora's version.
>>
>
> I think you answered your own question.  Of course that integration 
> takes time, and, were I the maintainer, I would rather use a slightly 
> older version than risk my improvements causing unknown problems due 
> to lack of testing.


I suppose....

>
> Of course, Fedora seems to have goals that are at odds with one 
> another in this respect, specifically the goal to "do as much 
> development in upstream as possible" seems to be at odds with being 
> able to do any modification of upstream sources to add integration and 
> functionality.

What exactly does "upstream" mean?

>
> I, for one, would rather have a tightly integrated, functional 
> distribution than just a collection of the latest packages.  You can 
> already get the latter from Debian Unstable or Gentoo if you'd like.

Actually, I'm thinking about taking on Gentoo next, but only when I 
figure Fedora out. :-)

S