humble suggestion to Fedora developers

[Eddie G. O'Connor Jr.]

On 01/23/2013 02:59 PM, James Freer wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 23, 2013 at 7:34 PM, Joe Zeff <joe at zeff.us> wrote:
>> On 01/23/2013 06:53 AM, Reindl Harald wrote:
>>> because first new anaconda was approved and integration
>>> all over the distribution started and after that damage
>>> was done people realized "hm new anaconda is not ready"
>>
>> So what you're saying is, it was approved before it was ready.  Judging from
>> what else you wrote, the devs didn't realize it when they approved it.  This
>> suggests to me that approval came too early in the process, before proper
>> testing was done and that important parts of the program hadn't been
>> completed.  If so, is there anything that can be done to prevent this from
>> happening yet again?
> I have the greatest respect for the developer's that put in
> considerable effort for each release. The problem with 6 month release
> cycle is too little time. I've used linux now for almost 6 years with
> Ubuntu and Fedora. Some distros use a two year release which is too
> long. One or two use an annual release which i think is about right...
> development and testing can fully take place. Why not consider an
> annual release which would give appropriate time for all to take
> place?
>
> james
I would have to agree with you James, it might not be a bad idea for 
them to stretch their release time out a bit? I would have positives 
from all sides. First,....the developers would be able to REALLY put 
their apps and what-not through a GRUELING testing session, this 
way...when they say it works.....IT WORKS! Second,.....the public 
wouldn't find themselves scurrying to acquire the latest version, and 
slamming it onto their machines without knowing that things won't crash 
& burn un-necessarily......also it would give the public time to "adapt" 
and become comfortable with the latest release, instead of going into 
shock at the arrival of a new desktop environment...or new feature-sets 
that were not there before. I guess it's just a matter of someone (or a 
LOT of someone's) voicing their opinion loud enough to be heard by the 
higher-ups? I don't know that they would actually change things around 
like that....(it would be NICE!) but eventually they might get restless 
enough to completely flip thing around and have longer time frames 
between releases.


EGO II