F11 updates vs. rawhide

[Bill Davidsen]

Rex Dieter wrote:
> Allen Kistler wrote:
> 
>> So there's an unavailable F11 repo that's getting all the bug fixes that
>> aren't going into the final release, and it's starting now so there's
>> not a massive update push right at release.
> 
> Correct.
>  
>> Am I reading between the lines correctly?  I'm just curious, because
>> there's still some new F11 stuff going into rawhide, too.
> 
> Only release-critical stuff is going into rawhide/F-11(ga)
> 
That makes perfect sense, what could be better than to release a bunch of 
packages for which there are known bug fixes, then everyone can install the 
release and spend the effort and bandwidth to upgrade to install the bug fixes 
later, one machine at a time instead of from the install DVD.

Wait, maybe that doesn't make perfect sense after all...   ;-)

Okay, I'm being sarcastic, but I would rather install a lightly-tested bug fix 
than a version with a known bug. In one case I absolutely will have to upgrade 
the package on every machine, in the other the bug fix may be fine.

Note: I am not talking about upgrade to newer upstream versions, only any 
pending fixes for actual known bugs. That may actually may be what's happening, 
and Allen may have said "bug fixes" when in fact it is upgrades to newer 
versions being queued. In 99% of the cases I don't care about going to newer 
releases, and probably most people aren't waiting for the latest feature in 
their software, as long as the existing features work as planned.

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