[PHILOSOPHY] Stability and Release Schedules
Michael A. Peters
mpeters at mac.com
Fri Apr 28 18:36:34 UTC 2006
On Thu, 2006-04-27 at 15:52 -0700, John Wendel wrote:
> Here's your chance to slap me up side of the head!
>
> Reading the Debian thread (and others) has made me wonder why Fedora
> has to have "releases" at all. Why not have a continuously evolving
> distribution? One would start by downloading an "installer system"
> that would then use the existing mechanisms (yum, whatever) to update
> itself. From this point on, why would one need "releases"? Just keep
> releasing updates and new packages exactly as things are done now.
>
> I know there must be something wrong with this scenario; would someone
> like to hit me with a clue stick.
dialup users, for one.
I personally would like to see a point release every couple of months or
so that just has updates, and critical anaconda bugs fixes. I know some
people home brew them.
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