On Fri, 21 May 2004 10:18:05 -0400 (EDT) howarth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Jack Howarth) wrote: > Okay, up front I realize that Fedora is a hobbyist release... > but the same could be said of Debian. With that said, is there > any plan in place for eventually having a benchmark stable Fedora > release which would be equivalent to the Stable branch of Debian? > I ask because it is unclear if one will be able to install a Core > release and get access to the proper security patches without > constantly upgrading Fedora to the point of it reverting back to > a Test release (for the next Core of course). I know in the > academic environment many folks are looking at Fedora as a successor > to RedHat 9 but I am afraid it is more likely to be a Debian > Unstable type release at best. > Jack In brief, there is no concept of a stable branch of Fedora. Each release will be followed by a limited period of updates from Fedora Core. A community initiative known as Fedora Legacy hopes to provide updates for each release on a somewhat longer basis after that. There are many details provided on http://fedora.redhat.com. The page that compares RedHat offerings is illuminative. All the best, Sean.
