Fedora Unity Re-Spin

Jeroen van Meeuwen kanarip at kanarip.com
Mon Dec 24 12:22:47 UTC 2007


Bruno Wolff III wrote:
>> 4. Don't be so precious about getting it right all the time; a fedora 
>> respin that doesn't go through an extensive beta program of its own is 
>> never going to be better than Fedora, and three of the eight continuing 
>> threads in my view of the fedora users' list suggest F8 is broken, two 
>> failures after software updates and one install failure.
> 
> I'd rather see them take a different tack. I would like to see them get
> access to get updates done to Anaconda and other installer related packages
> in already released versions. And then maintain kickstart samples for various
> types of spins and provide good documentation on how to make them.
> 

Yes, being able to get the updates out via normal channels would be 
great! It's Fedora policy to not release updates for anaconda, and this 
time anaconda does need an update released for anyone who wants to 
compose installation media compatible with i586 hardware.

> It seems odd to me that they don't just publish stuff openly on their web
> site (with disclaimers that they feel are appropiate). They aren't really
> secretive about things though. When I asked for access to things they were
> very helpful.
> 

It isn't really that odd... We shouldn't all be publishing and releasing 
fixes to F8 stock anaconda and diffuse in that way... The fix is in 
upstream anaconda, they just won't release it as an update. This 
concerns me, but that doesn't make it any different. I'll not withhold 
the fixes or built (Source-) RPMs from anyone though; they are in the 
Re-Spin too (along with the sources).

Kind regards,

Jeroen van Meeuwen
-kanarip




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