FC4 does not work, "out of the box" for me; GUI/X11 fails

[David-Paul Niner]

Robin Laing wrote:

> Craig White wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 2005-10-27 at 12:58 +0930, Tim wrote:
>>
>>> On Wed, 2005-10-26 at 00:25 -0700, Daniel B. Thurman wrote:
>>>
>>>> Seems that whomever released this distro should throw away
>>>> the iso cds and create a BRAND NEW ONE.  This distro is very
>>>> very very hosed and buggy.
>>>
>>>
>>> Why isn't this done by Fedora?  (Not outsiders that we don't know
>>> whether we can trust.)  
>>
>>
>> ----
>> The answer has been pretty clear on this - the release cycle is so
>> short, that it doesn't pay to spend the energy rebuilding the current
>> release because by that time, they are busy doing the builds for the
>> test releases for the next series.
>> ----
>
>
> Why not automate the packages to be the latest?  Isn't this what 
> computers are supposed to be good at?  How hard would it be to make a 
> bi-weekly package.  Release the packages as FCx.yymmdd   The ISO's 
> would just be created from the current packages.  The date code 
> provides users to know the date of the image.
>
I assume you mean bi-weekly respins and a subsequent set of new isos?  
How long would each iso set stay in circulation?  A month?  Two months?  
A year?

While I agree that it should be (relatively) easy to design and 
implement such a process, managing the resultant "sub-release" sets 
could easily become a nightmare.

Just my opinion,
David-Paul Niner


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