FC2 Updated ISOs

[Robert]

Chris A Czerwinski wrote:
> On Tue, 2004-08-10 at 20:56, William Hooper wrote:
> 
>>Chris A Czerwinski said:
>>
>>>On Tue, 2004-08-10 at 15:47, William Hooper wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>Phillip Compton said:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>With the EOL of FC1 fast approaching, would it make sense to help
>>>>>ease the migration to FC2 by releasing ISOs containing all the current
>>>>>updates?
>>>>
>>>>Seems to me that development/testing efforts would be better focused on
>>>>getting FC3 done than re-hashing FC2.
>>>>
>>>
>>>Does that mean FC2 still needs more tweaking and adding other fixes for
>>>it to be fully functional, so that it can stand as an ISO without any 
>>>manual intervention?
>>
>>No, that means any release requires a group of resources to package and test it.  Seems to me that those resources are better spent on FC3.  
>>
>>Otherwise every release will become the initial release and another release when the previous is going out of support.  This effectively doubles the number of releases for no good reason.
>>-- 
>>William Hooper
> 
> 
> I, for one, would still like to see a base FC2 ISO that can be used as a
> fresh install or upgrade from FC1 ISO, to keep us Newbies and businesses
> in using FEDORA - isn't that what truly counts - the USER who also
> spreads the good word.
> 
> Otherwise, FEDORA will always remain a work in progress, with an
> uncompleted phase or no base zero to fall back on, sort of regrouping.
> Doesn't the kernel need a occasionally freeze before continuing on?
> Maybe this business step/process should be incorporated into the
> Model/Project as a milestone or event and have an ISO team.
> 
> Hummm.... (again)
> We're building a house, but you can't move in yet because the basement
> isn't finished and we're changing the furnace but if you know what
> you're doing then use these base board heaters because the house got
> bigger with other adjustments that you requested. 
> 
> Reminds me of a so called story about "Casa Loma" in Toronto, Ontario
> where the owner felt that if he had ever finished the castle he would
> die. So the castle was always in a state of reconstruction.
> 
> Chris Cz (will always remain a newbie if these change continue at this
> rate) 
> 
 From what I understand of your needs, you should probably have a look 
at http://www.tummy.com/krud
They offer fully-updated distributions and even have their own mailing list.