John Wendel wrote:
Here's your chance to slap me up side of the head!
Reading the Debian thread (and others) has made me wonder why Fedora
has to have "releases" at all. Why not have a continuously evolving
distribution? One would start by downloading an "installer system"
that would then use the existing mechanisms (yum, whatever) to update
itself. From this point on, why would one need "releases"? Just keep
releasing updates and new packages exactly as things are done now.
I know there must be something wrong with this scenario; would someone
like to hit me with a clue stick.
Regards,
John
Personally, I like the Fedora system for servers and such since I know
where things stand at a given time. For instance I've upgraded 5
servers over the last month with either FC4 or FC5. I chose FC4 for the
production ones since I was comfortable with it and knew it was stable.
I used FC5 since it was newer on the 'not ready for prime time' boxes I
have to work out the kinks. For workstations or laptops (mine in
particular) I use Gentoo for the very reason you suggest 'a revolving
distro'. It's great to immediately get the latest and greatest off the
bat if I have time to work out the bugs or deal with driver/module
issues. I don't want Fedora to change the way it releases for this
reason alone. I know where the distro is if I need to fall back on a
certain library/package.
My $0.02.
--
Mark Haney
Sr. Systems Administrator
ERC Broadband
