On Tue, 2003-09-23 at 09:31, Buck wrote: > I was reading where Fedora plans a new version every 4-6 months. I am > curious as to why the need for so many releases. > > Is this just a by-product of being Open Source or by design? > > My wild-ass guess is that quality would be much better improved if there > were one final release per year and 12 months support. Which is the purpose of getting RHEL - longer lifetime, more stability. Fedora is meant to be cutting edge and fast pace. If that doesn't suit you (it won't suit a lot of people, for sure) then its time to buy up or switch. :( > > For example, if the release date were July 1, there would be a team > working on next year's product, and a team working on the current > product to keep it debugged. Those wanting to be on the cutting edge > would use and support the beta products, and those who prefer > reliability would stick with the final release product. There's always the possibility that *if* the community agrees to support security errata and the like, it will be done. Certainly, if a group with the time and dedication gets together and does the work, I don't (personally) see why Redhat would stop them. The plan posted I believe is simply what Redhat themselves plan on supporting, giving that they only know how much effort *they* can and will put in to it. > > This would give everyone a choice of 1 or two years support depending on > which product they chose, not to mention a larger window in which to > plan to upgrade. There is no product to choose - just Fedora. If you want *real* Redhat products, the lifetime is drastically different than the Fedora lifetime. > > I admit that I am ignorant in this area so tell me what I am missing > here. > > Buck > > > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list -- Sean Middleditch <elanthis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> AwesomePlay Productions, Inc.
