Here, Here ! I happen to be one of those still forced to live in the stone ages of dial-up. 19.2kbps on a good day. Yum seems to work fine for updating small packages, but when stuff gets to 1meg, it starts taking a LONG time. I know this is "my" problem, but I find it frustrating at times that many forget that not everyone has access to DSL or some sort of high speed connection. I happen to live in a rural area where there is no cable, no DSL. Satellite is available if you want to cough up $600 for equipment and $100 per month for service...ouch! > -----Original Message----- > From: Jens Petersen [mailto:petersen@xxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Thursday, April 27, 2006 9:20 PM > To: For users of Fedora Core releases > Subject: Re: [PHILOSOPHY] Stability and Release Schedules > > John Wendel wrote: > > 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. > > For a start not everyone in the world has enough bandwidth for that: > so they need iso images to be able to upgrade for example. > > > Jens > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list >
