On Tue, 2003-09-23 at 09:31, Buck wrote:
I was reading where Fedora plans a new version every 4-6 months. I am curious as to why the need for so many releases.
Is this just a by-product of being Open Source or by design?
My wild-ass guess is that quality would be much better improved if there were one final release per year and 12 months support.
Which is the purpose of getting RHEL - longer lifetime, more stability. Fedora is meant to be cutting edge and fast pace. If that doesn't suit you (it won't suit a lot of people, for sure) then its time to buy up or switch. :(
For example, if the release date were July 1, there would be a team working on next year's product, and a team working on the current product to keep it debugged. Those wanting to be on the cutting edge would use and support the beta products, and those who prefer reliability would stick with the final release product.
There's always the possibility that *if* the community agrees to support security errata and the like, it will be done. Certainly, if a group with the time and dedication gets together and does the work, I don't (personally) see why Redhat would stop them.
The plan posted I believe is simply what Redhat themselves plan on supporting, giving that they only know how much effort *they* can and will put in to it.
This would give everyone a choice of 1 or two years support depending on which product they chose, not to mention a larger window in which to plan to upgrade.
There is no product to choose - just Fedora. If you want *real* Redhat products, the lifetime is drastically different than the Fedora lifetime.
I admit that I am ignorant in this area so tell me what I am missing here.
Buck
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