kernels in the packaging universe

[Rahul Sundaram]

Dave Jones wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 20, 2006 at 10:10:25PM +0530, Rahul Sundaram wrote:
>  > Greg Dekoenigsberg wrote:
>  > > On Wed, 20 Dec 2006, Thorsten Leemhuis wrote:
>  > > 
>  > >> Ingo provides yum-able kernels for some weeks now and it seems to have
>  > >> improved testing a lot, which should help getting it fixed and upstream.
>  > >> Why not have a highlyexperimental.download.fedoraproject.org
>  > >> for stuff like that?
>  > > 
>  > > We could call it fedora-unstable.  ;-)
>  > > 
>  > > Seriously.  We could.  And maybe should.
>  > 
>  > "unstable" in the Debian land is the equivalent of Fedora "rawhide" 
>  > There is enough confusion as to the differences between Debian testing 
>  > and Fedora updates-testing. Lets not add more. If it is experimental, 
>  > let's call it just that.
> 
> Confusion is the key word here.  Whats the difference between
> "development" and "experimental" ?

Development = Precursor to general releases.
Experimental = Add on for general releases. No security guarantees. 
Might not stay in sync. Staging ground for innovative but very risky 
changes.

Rahul