[PHILOSOPHY] Stability and Release Schedules

[Jens Petersen]

John Wendel wrote:
> Why not have a continuously evolving 
> distribution? One would start by downloading an "installer system" that 
> would then use the existing mechanisms (yum, whatever) to update itself. 
> From this point on, why would one need "releases"? Just keep releasing 
> updates and new packages exactly as things are done now.
> 
> I know there must be something wrong with this scenario; would someone 
> like to hit me with a clue stick.

For a start not everyone in the world has enough bandwidth for that: 
so they need iso images to be able to upgrade for example.


Jens