Stable Release Updates types proposal

[Kevin Kofler]

Al Dunsmuir wrote:

>> On Fri, 12 Mar 2010 21:21:41 +0100
>> Kevin Kofler <kevin.kofler at chello.at> wrote:
> 
>>> The problem with all the proposals centered on the idea of N-1 as
>>> conservative, N as less conservative, including yours above and
>>> jreznik's, is that it forces all the people who expect a constant
>>> type of updates to upgrade twice as often, i.e. twice a year.
>>> Especially for the conservative folks, this will be a big annoyance.
>>> With low bandwidths, you have to get a CD/DVD shipped each time! In
>>> addition, I think the inconsistency will confuse our users a lot.
> 
> Fedora  has  traditionally  supported upgrading from not just N-1, but
> also  N-2.  Folks often skip releases, especially if they are aware of
> problems (such as the pulseaudio and X issues) with a new release.

That's the whole point! People do this now, but having the two current 
releases be supported in a radically different way (with radically different 
update strategies) would make this no longer a viable option for many 
people.

        Kevin Kofler