fedora mission (was Re: systemd and changes)

[Jon Masters]

On Mon, 2010-08-30 at 23:56 -0400, Arthur Pemberton wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 10:09 PM, Gerald Henriksen <ghenriks at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Mon, 30 Aug 2010 23:11:06 +0200, you wrote:
> >
> >>A typical developer wants the dependencies of the software they are
> >>working on to be _very_ up to date - probably not the upstream
> >>development version, but the upstream maintenance version with _all_
> >>current bug fixes.  Waiting 6 months for a bug fix does not make sense -
> >>at that point the developer would be tempted to build the new version
> >>locally.
> >
> > While I admit I haven't followed things very closely, I don't believe
> > anyone is saying don't issue bugfixes.  What is being said is don't
> > upgrade versions just because something newer and shinier comes along
> > in the middle of a release.
> >
> > So in other words, dependency 1.6 to 1.6.1 is okay as it is likely a
> > bug fix, but 1.6 to 1.8 is not okay because it is a new release.

> 6 months for new features in a fast paced distro?

You know, compared to almost any other Operating System out there, 6
months is warp speed. I'd rather have fewer features in my stable
install that worked just right, then get shiny new things and deal with
some brokenness in return at a defined point in the future.

Jon.