Can someone in the know explain how a new "Core" differs from a prior Core number. Does Core 3 imply that there will be new features bundled into the product that just do not exist in Core 2, even if fully updated?
By it's nature, is Core 3, Test 1, for instance, "less stable" than core 2 ? Would Core 2, for instance, be considered a "release" while Core 3, Test XX be considered a "pre-release" or beta?
Elementary questions, I guess. But, I want to understand how to regard, for instance, Core Release 2 vs Core Release 3 Test 1.
Thanks...Terry
On Thu, 2004-07-08 at 16:27, Terry Linhardt wrote:
Can someone in the know explain how a new "Core" differs from a prior Core number. Does Core 3 imply that there will be new features bundled into the product that just do not exist in Core 2, even if fully updated?
Correct - for example, Core 2 had Xorg and SELinux, which were not present in Core 1. However performing a full upgrade from one to the other _should_ install the new features. Core 1 and Core 2 are the only final releases of the Fedora project to date.
By it's nature, is Core 3, Test 1, for instance, "less stable" than core 2 ? Would Core 2, for instance, be considered a "release" while Core 3, Test XX be considered a "pre-release" or beta?
Each Core release has been preceded by a number of test release. These are effectively beta releases - their purpose is to test the release with willing participants before the release is closed.
The schedule page on the Fedora site may be helpful to see the progression from test release to final release.
http://fedora.redhat.com/participate/schedule/
Elementary questions, I guess. But, I want to understand how to regard, for instance, Core Release 2 vs Core Release 3 Test 1.
Yes - very important to understand this. Installing a test release is not recommended on a production system, for example :) And test releases do not have a supported update path.
Thanks...Terry
Cheers, Ben
Yes, yes, yes.
On Thu, Jul 08, 2004 at 01:27:13AM -0500, Terry Linhardt wrote:
Can someone in the know explain how a new "Core" differs from a prior Core number. Does Core 3 imply that there will be new features bundled into the product that just do not exist in Core 2, even if fully updated?
Yes. Features will be added and/or integrated, packages will be upgraded (by major version), removed and substituted.
By it's nature, is Core 3, Test 1, for instance, "less stable" than core 2 ?
Yes. Don't even assume that the installation will even start on your hardware.
Would Core 2, for instance, be considered a "release" while Core 3, Test XX be considered a "pre-release" or beta?
Fedora Core 2 is considered a (somewhat) stable release. The Test releases are for testing purposes only. They represent a stabilised snapshot of the development tree and will help in testing the current situation.
No updates will ever be released for a test release. One can either change to bleeding edge Development or stick with it until a future release.
Elementary questions, I guess. But, I want to understand how to regard, for instance, Core Release 2 vs Core Release 3 Test 1.
Don't install it on production systems. But if you have time and a system to spare (your home system, perhaps, if you don't deem data loss that important), try the Test releases and test them. :)
Regards, Luciano Rocha
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