Why Fedora ?

[Matthew Saltzman]

On Fri, 28 Oct 2005, Ralf Corsepius wrote:

> On Fri, 2005-10-28 at 10:57 -0500, Mike McCarty wrote:
>> Rudolf Kastl wrote:
>
>>> if you identify and report/fix bugs _upstream_ you are fixing the
>>> stuff for all distros...
>>
>> For all *RHEL* distros.
> ... and for Fedora.

The reference to "upstream" refers to getting bugs back to the original 
developers.  Remember, FC and RHEL are primarily packaging software 
developed by others.

So an "upstream" fix to Xorg or GNOME shows up in future releases of Xorg 
or GNOME for all distros that use it.

A stated goal of FC is to push fixes upstream to the developers and to 
stick to the current releases from the upstream developers, rather than to 
load up on ditstro-specific patches.

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 		Matthew Saltzman

Clemson University Math Sciences
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