Rolling release model philosophy (was Re: Anaconda is totally trashing the F18 schedule (was Re: f18: how to install into a LVM partitions (or RAID)))

[Adam Williamson]

On Sat, 2012-11-03 at 09:37 -0200, Henrique Junior wrote:

> The guys behind openSUSE created a good approach with Tumbleweed. By
> adding this repo users can opt-in to the (semi)rolling model.
> Tumbleweed is more like a pool where updated, stable, non disruptive
> software can be installed and I was able to talk to the guy who
> created Tumbleweed some time ago. He said that it is easy to maintain
> and takes only a few minutes a day to check things.
> It is difficult, for example, to understand why we have to wait until
> the next release to have LibreOffice 3.6, since this seems an non
> disruptive update that could bring major improvements in the
> productivity of users who rely on office suites to work.

I don't think that *adding* tracks is an approach that is going to solve
any of our problems, though it might add convenience for a small set of
users. We need to be making things simpler, not more complex. :)
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