Rolling release model philosophy (was Re: Anaconda is totally trashing the F18 schedule (was Re: f18: how to install into a LVM partitions (or RAID)))

[Henrique Junior]

2012/11/3 Nikos Roussos <comzeradd at fedoraproject.org>

> **
> On Fri, 2012-11-02 at 13:22 -0700, Adam Williamson wrote:
>
> > I disagree with that. Fedora releases had some small regression
> > introduced via updates from time but is is *very* usable as a stable
> > operating system.
>
> I disagree. It's usable by the kind of people who use Fedora. Who like
> shiny cutting-edge stuff and don't mind dealing with wonkiness
> constantly.
>
>  I mind. So do many Fedora users and contributors, who want a shiny
> *stable* leading edge (not bleeding edge) linux distribution.
>
>
>  I wouldn't dream of putting any regular person on a Fedora
> install, quite frankly. It's easy to get into a perspective bubble where
> Fedora looks normal, but it isn't. It is not a stable general-purpose
> operating system and it's absurd to represent it as such.
>
>  I understand that "regular users" are not Fedora's main target, but it is
> a general-purpose operating system in the sense that it can be used by
> people who want to have a stable working environment with all the latest
> things from the Open Source world.
>
> In that sense, and from my point of view, if we had to rethink our release
> model and dedicate time and energy on a new approach, it would make more
> sense to have an extended support release (providing only security updates
> after 13 months) which is vital for the enterprise desktop market. Of
> course this is not in contradiction with having a rolling release model
> alongside, but I didn't know if we have enough human capacity to do them
> both.
>
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The guys behind openSUSE created a good approach with Tumbleweed. By adding
this repo users can opt-in to the (semi)rolling model.
Tumbleweed is more like a pool where updated, stable, non disruptive
software can be installed and I was able to talk to the guy who created
Tumbleweed some time ago. He said that it is easy to maintain and takes
only a few minutes a day to check things.
It is difficult, for example, to understand why we have to wait until the
next release to have LibreOffice 3.6, since this seems an non disruptive
update that could bring major improvements in the productivity of users who
rely on office suites to work.

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Henrique "LonelySpooky" Junior
http://about.me/henriquejunior
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