On Monday 01 January 2007 21:33, Kam Leo wrote:
On 1/1/07, Lyvim Xaphir knightmerc@yahoo.com wrote:
On Mon, 2007-01-01 at 13:11 -0600, Frank Cox wrote:
On Mon, 01 Jan 2007 14:07:18 -0500
George Hare hare.george@gmail.com wrote:
Will there any more updates for FC6?
As FC6 is the current "release" version of Fedora, is there any reason why you think there wouldn't be?
Is there any reason you answer questions with questions?
He probably is still learning how things work, that's why he's asking.
LX
Must be a slow day. Give the man the bottom line:
George, you can expect updates (some times in dribbles, some times in buckets) spread through out the life span of FC6 which is approximately 12-18 months.
and even FC developers/packagers have the right to a holiday sometimes :-)
Anne
You've got it Anne. I installed each new release and so became accustomed to updates every day, I forgot about the holidays completely and you were also correct in assuming that I am not erudite when it comes to linux, I just like to play with it. Thanks Anne.
George Hare
On Tue, 02 Jan 2007 13:17:16 -0500 George Hare hare.george@gmail.com wrote:
Will there any more updates for FC6?
As FC6 is the current "release" version of Fedora, is there any reason why you think there wouldn't be?
Is there any reason you answer questions with questions?
Indeed there is.
In this case, I suspected that you were somehow confused about what software or version of "whatever" you were running. For example, many people, especially those new to computers, view their computer as a monolithic device and when you ask them what software they used to create a certain document they reply "Dell". By asking you a question in reply to your original query I was attempting to clarify what it was that you are really attempting to find out. Updates to FC6 in general? That seemed an odd question to ask in view of the fact that updates are and have been reasonably continuous.
Accordingly, were you then asking about updates to a previous version of FC? Updates to a particular package that you haven't seen any updates for in some time and are having some problem with in some way? Something else completely?
It is difficult to provide a vaguely worded or ambiguous question with a useful answer; therefore it is sometimes necessary to ask one or several questions to clarify what it is that the person asking the question really wants to know.
As a further example, if someone says "I have a problem with X" then I will probably ask what error messages they see or what behaviour they observe.
It's simply part of how things work when computer troubleshooting and solving problems in general.
I hope this clarifies how the process of providing assistance for computer-related problems and issues works.
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George Hare