Rolling Release Model(s), Fedora Discussion

[Alan Cox]

On Wed, 24 Mar 2010 06:49:43 +0000 (UTC)
Thufir <hawat.thufir at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Tue, 23 Mar 2010 13:56:08 -0600, Mike McCarty wrote:
> 
> >> I guess what I am saying is there needs to be a way for the new user to
> >> keep their machine updated without all the headaches.  This is why some
> >> will stick with Windows.  Only needs to be re-installed every year.
> >>   And you have to pay for any upgrades.
> > 
> > Well, if you don't like churn, then FC is possibly not the best distro
> > for you.
> 
> Exactly why I no longer run FC.  The sole reason I use ubuntu is that you 
> can upgrade without re-installing.   Why hasn't this been implemented in 
> FC yet?

It's been in Fedora since before Fedora (Red Hat Linux 3 in fact).
ftp.linux.org.uk has been all the way from Red Hat something (8/9 maybe I
forget as its years back now) to a current Fedora without a re-install on
the way.