On Wed, 2008-08-06 at 18:36 +0200, Thorsten Leemhuis wrote: > On 06.08.2008 15:05, Jesse Keating wrote: > > On Wed, 2008-08-06 at 12:27 +0200, Michael Schwendt wrote: > > > > The "too many updates" problem is something I've been trying to word so > > that others share my opinion that something is wrong here. I haven't > > been able to effectively communicate what I perceive to be a problem. [...] > > My 2 cent: the number of updates is not the problem. In fact lots of new > an up2date software without being to bleeding edge (like rawhide) is > exactly one of the things that make Fedora great imho. [...snip...] > Level 1 -- rawhide, similar to how it is today (a bit more stable and > less breakage would be nice, but that's in the works already) > > Level 2pre -- things that got tested in rawhide, that are still young, > but known to work well in rawhide; similar to what updates-testing for > F9 is today; > > Level 2 -- things that worked fine for some time in 2pre; similar to > what F9 is today > > Level 3pre -- things that worked fine for some time in 2 > > Level 3 -- things that worked fine for some time in 2pre > > > Level 3pre and 3 are like F8-updates-testing and F8, but with the > difference that everything has to be tested and shipped in level 2 (aka > F9) first. Interestingly, this is is sort of what Seth Vidal recently did for yum -- kinks were worked out in upstream and Rawhide, he has done several useful updates for F-9, and only recently has he bundled it up for an F-8 update. Hopefully he'll chime in with his thoughts on this strategy. -- Paul W. Frields gpg fingerprint: 3DA6 A0AC 6D58 FEC4 0233 5906 ACDB C937 BD11 3717 http://paul.frields.org/ - - http://pfrields.fedorapeople.org/ irc.freenode.net: stickster @ #fedora-docs, #fedora-devel, #fredlug
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