On Fri, 2008-10-10 at 17:19 -0400, Chris Snook wrote: > Mail Lists wrote: > > On 10/10/2008 03:49 PM, Rahul Sundaram wrote: > >> Mail Lists wrote: > >>> In this new mode we would have only 2 streams - current development > >>> and stable. > > > >> There are a few distributions that do this - Gentoo, Arch etc. Each has > >> it's advantages and disadvantages. One of the problems of rolling > >> release model distributions in a mass scale is that, it is pretty > >> difficult to stabilize even to a nominal level. > >> > >> Rahul > >> > > > > While that is true, the argument goes that large periodic releases > > has drawbacks too - and the kernel seems to be do pretty well with its > > approach ... I still wonder whether the kernel way may work for fedora .. > > The rolling release model works well for distributions that simply follow > upstream, but Fedora is often *ahead* of upstream on several features. We need > to maintain a bit more stability with the baseline package so we can safely add > the innovative patches that aren't yet in Linus's kernel tree. > > -- Chris > For me, Fedora is a good compromise between a rolling release model and the discrete releases model that some other distributions use. I do not have to wait half a year before I can use a more recent version of Banshee, Pidgin etc. than which was originally included at the time of release. Besides, I prefer Fedora's use of bleeding edge software which is nevertheless quite stable to the rolling releases of Gentoo and Arch. Jeroen -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
