updates

Samuel Flory sflory at rackable.com
Fri Aug 1 22:55:10 UTC 2003


Robert L Cochran wrote:

>My experience is, anytime 2-4 weeks after the release of a beta, there
>are updates available for it through RHN. These can come to almost 500
>Mb worth of updates, which is nearly a full size 700 Mb CD. Then a while
>later a second beta (that means a whole new set of iso's to burn) might
>be released, and then another set of updates through RHN, again massive
>in size. Then an nth public beta (more iso's), with the update cycle
>repeating. That has been the pattern for the last two betas I've done. 
>
>There is a published timetable for Severn, which I believe is something
>new. You can consult that to get a sense of when to expect updates and a
>new set of iso images.
>
>As to entitlements, I've always felt that beta testers ought to get a
>free double entitlement to RHN just for the beta, and for just the beta
>period. This includes testers who already have paid RHN subscriptions. I
>don't want to use my paid-for entitlements for the beta. I would rather
>reserve those for my "production" machines. I guess this is RHN's way of
>getting people to use their own cash to pay for part of the costs of the
>beta.
>
>  
>

  What really should occur is the updates be also availble on the ftp 
site.  That way we can grab them from the mirrrors.  There isn't any 
reason to force everyone to use rhn.


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Sam Flory  <sflory at rackable.com>






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