Fwd: Updates next steps
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Sat Apr 24 01:51:03 UTC 2010
Hi:
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> 1. Limit the frequency of non-critical updates to once per week in
> stable releases
Do not create client policy on the server side - it is way to
restrictive and wont satisfy the client needs of many.
And, not using the full bandwidth is very suboptimal. (Like a 30
minute lawn watering, where the water company limits your water to 2
minutes of water then off for 1 hour .. :-)
Any 'limiting' of updates ( to weekly or whatever frequenccy) should
be done at the client side - if you want to update weekly - go ahead -
but let me update when I choose to, be it daily, monthly or every 3.2 days.
Enhance packagekit to offer update on scheduling if it doesn't already
do that - or set it to download but not update ... or whatever makes you
happy like using cron.
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> 2. Establish norms or rules that limit the types of changes in stable
> releases to ensure the releases remain stable
These are largely up to the maintainer and there was discussion about
improving quality, testing etc - that is a healthy focus. However again,
Fedora users broadly like the way things happen (not all but broadly -
for some the lags in some packages from upstream are way too long
already - for others the rapid updates of key packages is a huge
improvement in functionality and efficiency of human resources over
back-porting fixes (security or otehrwise).
If you are looking for the fedora equivalent of ubuntu lts - you wont
find it - the closest, would be centos or ubuntu lts ;-)
If you want to pitch for a Fedora LTS - I suspect you'll find a
lovely following - not from the desktop users - but from the server side.
However, this discussion, along with rolling releases happens now and
again ... and we are in much the same place today.
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> Thoughts? What is the best way to accomplish these two things?
My view - dont.
You're treeing up the wrong bark ...I for one dont want to accomplish
your goals as they are undesirable.
gene
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