Availability FC5 - Test 1

[Will H. Backman]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: fedora-test-list-bounces at redhat.com [mailto:fedora-test-list-
> bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Jesse Keating
> Sent: Tuesday, November 22, 2005 1:57 PM
> To: fedora-test-list at redhat.com
> Subject: RE: Availability FC5 - Test 1
> 
> On Tue, 2005-11-22 at 10:01 -0500, Will H. Backman wrote:
> > Within Redhat I started with control-panel and glint.
> > I have progressed through gnome-rpm, gnome-linuxconf, and Update
Agent.
> > Now I have yum and the system-config-* tools.
> > Am I now looking at something called Pup?
> >
> > I think the tools are getting better all the time, but I think the
name
> > changes hurt the manageability.
> 
> Would you rather the name stayed the same but not one bit of the old
> code be used?  None of the old options used, none of the old
> documentation relevant, etc etc...?
> 
> Pup is new software.  Needs a new name.  up2date still exists in RHEL,
> and won't be replaced.  How confusing would it be to have an up2date
in
> Fedora that is completely different from the up2date in RHEL?
> 
> Progress means new thinking, new applications, and new names.  These
are
> mentioned in release notes, package lists, mailing lists, blogs,
etc...

Look at what has been done with mta switching.  I just wish similar work
was done with the common system tools.  Of course wishing gets me
nowhere, nor does my complaining about it.  I guess I could start
working on it.