My explanation on Fedora's LifeCycle

[Nayyar Ahmad]

Hi *,

I tried to explain Fedora's fast releasing myth with shorter Life
Cycle<http://nayyares.blogspot.com/2008/04/fedora-releases-lifecycle.h...;,
I would appreciate if someone correct me on any mistake... I d'nt want to
spread something **wrong**.

Thanks

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Nayyar Ahmad
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[Holger Dörner]

On Fri, 2008-05-02 at 10:12 +0200, Nayyar Ahmad wrote:
>  Hi *,
>  
>  I tried to explain Fedora's fast releasing myth with shorter Life
>  Cycle, I would appreciate if someone correct me on any mistake... I
>  d'nt want to spread something **wrong**.
>  
>  Thanks 
+1

I like the way how you show up the difference betwene short and long
release cycles. But there is a significant difference betwen "life
cycle" and "release cycle", so I think it would be good to explain that
too, many people think it's the same.

I also agree with you at the point, that shorter release cycles are
better for end-users. They *need* good and up-to-date hardware support,
because they are buying the newest hardware. I think that is one of the
most important reasons for someone to choose a linux distro,
specifically for those switching from windows.


All in all a good article and I'm curios what the others are thinking
about.
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[Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams]

On Fri, 2008-05-02 at 10:12 +0200, Nayyar Ahmad wrote:
>  I tried to explain Fedora's fast releasing myth with shorter
> Life
>  Cycle, I would appreciate if someone correct me on any mistake... I
>  d'nt want to spread something **wrong**. 
Well put. Just a small wording correction though. "Fedora Project is
committed to produce its every new version OS within 6 months time,
while every release has end of life about 13 months." should instead be
"The Fedora Project is committed to producing a new version
approximately every 6 months, with each new release having a lifespan of
approximately 13 months.".

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[Nayyar Ahmad]

2008/5/2 Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams <ivazqueznet(a)gmail.com&gt;:

>  On Fri, 2008-05-02 at 10:12 +0200, Nayyar Ahmad wrote:
>  > I tried to explain Fedora's fast releasing myth with shorter Life
>  > Cycle, I would appreciate if someone correct me on any mistake... I
>  > d'nt want to spread something **wrong**.
>
>  Well put. Just a small wording correction though. "Fedora Project is
>  committed to produce its every new version OS within 6 months time,
>  while every release has end of life about 13 months." should instead be
>  "The Fedora Project is committed to producing a new version
>  approximately every 6 months, with each new release having a lifespan of
>  approximately 13 months.". 

Edited, Thanks

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