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On 04/17/2012 01:43 PM, Kevin Fenzi wrote:
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<pre wrap="">On Tue, 17 Apr 2012 13:38:17 -0700
Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX N2469R <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:caf@omen.com"><caf@omen.com></a> wrote:
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<pre wrap="">Why is it that yum update pulls in some 500 MB of updates
immediately after installing a brand new DVD? Why does
the install image have to be riddled with stale files?
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This is due to the freeze. Things are frozen while trying to compose
and test a release. After the release is out, a bunch of things that
were pending show up.
If we added everything that wanted into the release, we would never
have a stable image to test.
kevin
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And that's precisely why you should just have a rolling release.<br>
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John<br>
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