Hands-on: new Fedora release goes up to 11 but doesn't rock

[Rahul Sundaram]

Hi

Seems the reviewer hit one of the installer bugs. The storage layer
rewrite did pop out quite a lot of bugs. Most of them were fixed before
release but some still linger.

http://arstechnica.com/open-source/reviews/2009/06/hands-on-new-fedora-re...

"The poor installation experience and a number of other minor bugs that
I encountered (weird SELinux error messages that appear after the
screensaver is deactivated, for example) prevent me from giving Fedora
11 the strong endorsement that I have typically given to new Fedora
releases in the past. The delays simply weren't sufficient to address
all of the problems before launch. For users who don't mind roughing it
and enduring the weaknesses, Fedora 11 does have a lot to offer under
the surface."

Rahul

[Ujjwol Lamichhane]

completely agree on poor installation.
the anaconda bug prevented me from marketing fedora 11 it didn;'t work in
more than 4 computers due to the nasty anaconda bug...

[Digvijay Patankar]

On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 8:13 PM, Ujjwol Lamichhane <ujjwol(a)fedoraproject.org
>  wrote: 
>  completely agree on poor installation.
>  the anaconda bug prevented me from marketing fedora 11 it didn;'t work in
>  more than 4 computers due to the nasty anaconda bug...
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I too agree.

Sorry to say but still it works like a beta release for me!!!!!!

There are lot of things need to be addressed.

[Mathieu Bridon]

>  I too agree.
>
>  Sorry to say but still it works like a beta release for me!!!!!!
>
>  There are lot of things need to be addressed. 
I suppose you reported the bugs before Fedora 11 was released, so that
the issues could have a chance to be fixed in time ?


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Mathieu Bridon (bochecha)

[Christopher Fikes]

It wouldn't be too dificult to release an updated iso with the appropriate patches
would it?

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>  I too agree.
>
>  Sorry to say but still it works like a beta release for me!!!!!!
>
>  There are lot of things need to be addressed. 
I suppose you reported the bugs before Fedora 11 was released, so that
the issues could have a chance to be fixed in time ?


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Mathieu Bridon (bochecha)

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[Mathieu Bridon]

>  It wouldn't be too dificult to release an updated iso with the
> appropriate patches would it? 
That's what Fedora Unity does with their respins.


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Mathieu Bridon (bochecha)

[Rahul Sundaram]

On 06/12/2009 09:40 PM, Christopher Fikes wrote:
>  It wouldn't be too dificult to release an updated iso with the
> appropriate patches would it? 
Anaconda doesn't get any updates post-release within the same branch so
that's a bit tricky. I suppose Fedora Unity folks would do some
re-spins. Instead of waiting till the final release, it would be useful
for people to test the pre-releases and help in avoiding these issues in
the first place.

Rahul

[Steven Moix]

On 06/12/2009 06:10 PM, Christopher Fikes wrote:
>  It wouldn't be too dificult to release an updated iso with the
> appropriate patches would it? 
That's why the Fedora Unity project exists, and people like Jeroen Van 
Meeuwen produce wonderful software like Revisor. You very probably won't 
see an updated "officiel" release, this was always the policy.

Steven