Feature Proposal: Rolling Updates (was Re: WHY I WANT TO STOP USING FEDORA!!!)

Bill Davidsen davidsen at tmr.com
Wed Feb 11 00:59:48 UTC 2009


Mark Haney wrote:
> Michael Cronenworth wrote:
>> -------- Original Message --------
>> Subject: Re: WHY I WANT TO STOP USING FEDORA!!!
>> From: Mark Haney <mhaney at ercbroadband.org>
>> To: Community assistance, encouragement, and advice for using Fedora.
>> <fedora-list at redhat.com>
>> Date: 02/10/2009 03:21 PM
>>
>>> Now, I'm done with this thread.
>>>
>>>
>> OK, great. Maybe we can speak to you now.
> 
> As if I've not been listening?  I have. I just refuse to lay down on
> something like this. I am defending my position that I like rolling
> updates better.  Not that everyone should.  Sheesh.
> 
>> Firefox
>> Yes, it's a beast for me, too. Fedora builds FF with Pango support. Try
>> disabling Pango in the /usr/bin/firefox script and see if it makes any
>> difference for you (sometimes it does for me). MOZ_DISABLE_PANGO
> 
> Honestly, I am so used to FF being a slug on my desktop, I don't even
> use it any more.  I use Opera now.  However, I will keep this in mind.
> 
A little voice whispered "seamonkey" in the silence...

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Bill Davidsen <davidsen at tmr.com>
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