On Thu, 15 Oct 2009, Rex Dieter wrote: > On 10/15/2009 01:42 PM, Peter Robinson wrote: > ... > >>> I hear about: > >>> - graphics artifacts on unblanking the display > >>> - constant wireless dropouts > >>> - odd behaviors in firefox > ... > > I wondered why the new KDE release was actually pushed to F-11 as > > opposed to leaving the stable release train and having it in F-12. I > > didn't overly bother about it as I don't use KDE but I thought it was > > a bit strange pushing a new major desktop release to a stable release. > > > Not to side-step, but oh well, yeah, I'm going to in a bit. > > To answer your direct question, it's a tough call, but our (kde-sig) > strong feeling that doing so provides the best of what we (both fedora > and kde) have to offer, in terms of both stability (yes!) and features. > > Now for the 2-step... > > Seems to me a significant amount of the "stability" concerns involve > low-level kernel/X (ie, hardcore crit path) type stuff, issues like > primarily video drivers, and to a lesser extent, suspend/resume and > wireless. In all of these areas, Fedora currently has significant > attention and people-power working on them, including dedicated > developers, QA/testing, etc... Despite that, if we're still > (apparently?) falling short of expectations. > > Are we doomed, or can we do better somehow? > The KDE update is a perfect example for the experimental repo. You can still push out kde updates in updates testing, have them tested, have a stable normal release. but those that wanted a newer kde could have gotten it from the experimental repo. -Mike _______________________________________________ fedora-advisory-board mailing list fedora-advisory-board@xxxxxxxxxx http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-advisory-board
