[PHILOSOPHY] Stability and Release Schedules

[Smith, Herb]

Here, Here !  I happen to be one of those still forced to live in the
stone ages of dial-up.  19.2kbps on a good day.  Yum seems to work fine
for updating small packages, but when stuff gets to 1meg, it starts
taking a LONG time.  I know this is "my" problem, but I find it
frustrating at times that many forget that not everyone has access to
DSL or some sort of high speed connection.  I happen to live in a rural
area where there is no cable, no DSL.  Satellite is available if you
want to cough up $600 for equipment and $100 per month for
service...ouch!
 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jens Petersen [mailto:petersen at redhat.com] 
> Sent: Thursday, April 27, 2006 9:20 PM
> To: For users of Fedora Core releases
> Subject: Re: [PHILOSOPHY] Stability and Release Schedules
> 
> 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
> 
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