On Fri, Aug 20, 2004 at 01:16:27PM -0400, Bryan J. Smith wrote: > I think I have to agree with Seth, beyond the legal issues, my > suggestion of retroactively calling currently supported Red Hat Linux > releases Fedora Core 0.x releases only confused people. > > It also doesn't address the issues of "binary compatibility" between > "Commercial" and "Community" releases from Red Hat. So instead of > trying to "change the world," I'm just starting to put together an > "Unofficial Red Hat Distribution FAQ." So I'm looking for corrections. > > The 2 things I have put into it thus far are: > > A. Suggestion for "commercial" v. "community" technical nomenclature > http://www.vaporwarelabs.com/files/temp/RH-Distribution-FAQ-2.html > > The reason for the first becomes obvious if you look at the second ... > > B. A listing of inter-release "binary" compatibility > http://www.vaporwarelabs.com/files/temp/RH-Distribution-FAQ-3.html > > Just some things I'm trying to document that I can point to in order to > "reduce the confusion" -- especially for people who trusted the "old Red > Hat Linux" model. Just a feedback datapoint: I very much like the work you have done. It puts the versioning mess of RHL/RHEL/FC in a very nice comparative table, making it possible to get an overview. :) Is your implicit suggestion to get this nomenclature well known and start versioning on this "technical" nomenclature instead of the "marketing" nomenclature? Personally I would very much like to see this plan work out, but there will probably be political barriers to this. > There's not much more in the FAQ yet, but here's the general outline I > was going with: > http://www.vaporwarelabs.com/files/temp/RH-Distribution-FAQ.html > > I'm also interested in comments on / changes for my section "The > Technopolitical History" if anyone has any. I want to make sure I'm > accurate while not causing Red Hat any legal headaches. -- Axel.Thimm at ATrpms.net
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