--- On Sat, 11/13/10, Kevin Fenzi <kevin@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Patrick Bartek <bartek047@xxxxxxxxx> > wrote: > > ...snip... > > > Fedora's release cycles when it was Fedora Core used > to be longer and > > not on a strict schedule as it is now. A new > version was released > > when it was ready. Fedora now has become a rapid > release test bed, > > an eternal beta if you will, and we are the > testers. But that's > > okay, since the "good" stuff eventually gets into RHEL > and its clones > > making them more stable and more secure with a longer > life. > > While it wasn't quite exactly 6months, it was pretty close. > > See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Hat_Linux#Version_history I never used RH Linux. The project was merged with Fedora about 2 years before I first installed Fedora Core 3. Although, I was aware of FC1 & 2, they seemed to have too many problems to be considered. As I remember releases from then were semi-regular from 5 months to 7 or 8. I think when Fedora Core was renamed Fedora with version 7 that a 6 month release cycle was decided as being optimum. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fedora_(operating_system)#Version_history > ...snip... > > > Also, upgrading Fedora every 6 months or so as most do > on this list > > just means additional headaches and work of a couple > months of fixing > > the problems with the "new" OS when the "old" one was > running just > > fine, but is fast approaching "unsupported." > This is my major > > "problem" with Fedora, and mostly why I only upgrade > every third > > release--Why make more work for myself?--and why I'm > considering > > switching to a long term support version of Linux, > whatever that may > > be. > > I almost never have issues on os upgrades anymore. The last > 2 machines > here I upgraded from 13->14 just worked. I didn't have > to change > anything at all. I avoided the upgrade process when I was installing every release, because at the time (FC3-6), it was at best problematical, and only did clean installs for that reason. After 6, I started installing only every third release, so true upgrading was impossible. It seems that Fedora with the preupgrade utility has made the process much more reliable. However, it still doesn't work across more than one release number at a time, i.e. 12->13, 13->14 and not 12->14. B -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
