Thanks, Mo. I read this article the other day and was surprised. Nice to see the team's hard work recognized. Great job, everyone! On Mon, Jan 21, 2013 at 01:29:21PM -0500, Máirín Duffy wrote: > You did a fantastic job, everybody! Remember this article when you read > the next bug report :) > > === > > "Fedora 18 revisited: Cinnamon, Xfce, LXDM, and a 'wow' for anaconda" by > J.A. Watson on ZDNet > > http://www.zdnet.com/more-on-fedora-18_p4-7000009990/#photo > > "I've been rather blunt in my comments and criticism of anaconda, both > here in my own blog and in comments I've posted elsewhere. But on > reflection, I think it's important to remember that writing a program > like anaconda is a huge task: it's extremely complex and absolutely full > of variations, different paths to the final goal (installing Linux), > tons of minute details, every one of which has got to be exactly right. > And the complexity is increasing, not decreasing. Get anything wrong, > often even in the smallest detail, and you end up with a failed install > — or even worse, with an unbootable or even wiped disk or an otherwise > unusable system. I have never worked on or contributed to anaconda > (other than flippant criticism), but from having been on other such > projects I can tell you that you seldom hear about how well you have > done, but you always hear (generally at high volume) when something goes > wrong. > > "So I want to say right here and now, loud and clear, WOW. What a good > job. For this to be the first release of a complete redesign and rewrite > of anaconda, and for it to be this solid, is extremely impressive. Those > of us who know Fedora will know that this is not the 'last' version, it > isn't 'cast in concrete', it's going to continue to develop and improve, > and future releases will be even better. But this first release works, > and works quite well." > > ~m > > _______________________________________________ > Anaconda-devel-list mailing list > Anaconda-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/anaconda-devel-list -- David Cantrell <dcantrell@xxxxxxxxxx> Manager, Installer Engineering Team Red Hat, Inc. | Westford, MA | EST5EDT _______________________________________________ Anaconda-devel-list mailing list Anaconda-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/anaconda-devel-list
