[PHILOSOPHY] Stability and Release Schedules

[Michael A. Peters]

On Thu, 2006-04-27 at 15:52 -0700, John Wendel wrote:
> Here's your chance to slap me up side of the head!
> 
> Reading the Debian thread (and others) has made me wonder why Fedora 
> has to have "releases" at all. 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.

dialup users, for one.

I personally would like to see a point release every couple of months or
so that just has updates, and critical anaconda bugs fixes. I know some
people home brew them.