On Sat, 2005-02-05 at 00:32 +0530, Rajev Mhasawade wrote: > Ur right.No doubt about it.I just wanted to convey that its a bit > confusing for end-users.I just hope my FC3 (which im yet to install) > doent get outdated just after fc4 is released. > Problem is that im not willing to wait until this and i cant get its > update too early(and its costly). Based on history so far, FC3 will be supported by the Core team until just before FC5 comes out. After that, it will be supported by the Legacy team, in theory until the release of FC7. Since each release is approximately six months apart, this means that FC3 will enjoy a supported life-cycle of two years from date of release... one year by the Core team, and one year by the Legacy team. I personally think this is *more than enough* for an advancing OS like Fedora... truly "above and beyond the call of duty." I would be content with only one year from Core and six months from Legacy... but that's just my personal opinion. My personal migration schedule is going to be the following: 1. For office worker machines, I will install every two releases (FC2, FC4, etc.) and I will migrate one month after release of that version. This is only so I have fewer "user modifications" to manage and because there are more of these machines, not due to complications in the upgrade process or any fault of Fedora's. 2. For servers, I will install every release roughly three months after it becomes generally available. Servers run very little software (and I don't have that many servers), so upgrades are painless (usually fresh installs, actually) and this will let me (a) stay abreast of improvements and new versions while (b) avoiding early teething problems of each release, if any. 3. For machines I use personally, I will install every release as soon as bloody possible. :-) I see no reason to complain about the lifecycle of Fedora. I really don't. Others are more than welcome to their points of view; this is mine. Cheers, -- Rodolfo J. Paiz <rpaiz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
