[rhelv6-list] RHEL7 Beta?
Robert G. (Doc) Savage
dsavage at peaknet.net
Tue Jun 4 01:24:05 UTC 2013
On Mon, 2013-06-03 at 17:58 -0700, MJang wrote:
> On Mon, 2013-06-03 at 10:02 -0400, Brian Wheeler wrote:
> > I know the answer is "it will be released when its ready" but does
> > anyone have any insight on a release time frame for the RHEL7 beta? All
> > of the stuff I've seen online says 1H13, but I was wondering if that was
> > still true (since we're running out of 1H!), or if the F18 delays pushed
> > it back some.
>
> My original understanding, based on what came out of the Red Hat summit
> in '12, is the same as yours, which suggested that RHEL 7 would be based
> on F18.
>
> Wild guess -- the basis for RHEL 7 was affected by the problems around
> F18. I note Alan Cox's negative review of that release, ref
> https://plus.google.com/111104121194250082892/posts/aCiB7kTLXTh .
>
> i.e., I'm guessing that led to some reassessment within Red Hat. It's
> easy to find bugzillas related to RHEL 7 alpha, which suggests (to me)
> that Red Hat might want to base RHEL 7 on F19.
Certainly the graphical anaconda installer from F19. Much improved over
the first attempt.
--Doc Savage
Fairview Heights IL
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