On Mon, Nov 03, 2003 at 07:47:03AM -0800, Jeremy wrote:
Hey, I'm new to this list. I was excited about downloading Fedora Core 1 today, only to find out that it was delayed due to 'Respin'? What does that mean? I looked 'respin' up in the dictionary, but didn't fidn anything :p
It means that we found an issue which was serious enough to prevent us from shipping, therefore we are going to have to fix the issue then create new trees and test to verify that the new trees are sane. This whole process is referred to as "spinning a release."
- jkt
-- --*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--* Jay Turner, QA Technical Lead jkt@redhat.com Red Hat, Inc.
This is the best message I've seen on this list since the group was started. There has been a ton of speculation, guesses, upset people...and now this note.
Jay, your note indicates to me that RH still cares. A Fedora release is being delayed because it isn't ready. Further, you are doing QA testing and not just tossing the release to the public.
I believe this is a real sign to those whose faith may have been shaken and perhaps feel that RedHat might be abandoning the flock!
Gerry