Words by kwhiskerz [Tue, Aug 05, 2008 at 04:36:21PM -0600]: > I have always wondered why it is necessary to issue a new version of Fedora > (or any other OS every 6 months). Why cannot an OS be like a river, constantly > flowing and always being the latest edition, with a simple yum update. Cannot > programs clean up after themselves, leaving no cruft, so that this would be > possible? That way, one could jump on the infinite Fedora flow at any time and > always have the latest version of all programs. What forces the necessity to > stop a particular version and recreate all the software and redo all of the > old mistakes that were already fixed and issue a new version? > They are like you imagine. Versions are more like checkpoints for new installers. -- Jose Celestino | http://japc.uncovering.org/files/japc-pgpkey.asc ---------------------------------------------------------------- "One man’s theology is another man’s belly laugh." -- Robert A. Heinlein -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
