fedora mission (was Re: systemd and changes)

[Jesse Keating]

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On 8/30/10 8:56 PM, 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?
> 

New features hit rawhide all the time, with no waiting period.

The fact that we can get a reasonably stable release out every 6 months
including all these new features is pretty fast paced and amazing.  I
just want to keep that hard work relevant 1, 2, and 13 months after we
make that release.

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Jesse Keating
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