On Sat, 19 Oct 2013 10:03:00 +1100 Roger <arelem@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 10/19/2013 05:00 AM, Reindl Harald wrote: > >> I think you all missed their point about wanting an install that has a > >> >>>longer lifespan. They're jumping ship from Debian, and avoiding Red Hat > >> >>>derived distros, because they all change versions too often, and abandon > >> >>>prior releases too quickly for them. I understand how they feel. > > >> > > >>that must be why RHEL/CentOS has a lifespan of 10 years > Admittedly I am a novice in much of the reasoning about version changes > but have long wondered why they bother when much of the new version > could be just another update. Golly we update kernels and core apps with > regularity. > When it gets serious like moving from ext4 to btrfs or what ever it's > called, now that would require version change but most version changes > so far seem to be just updates. > I have no wish to create a flame war or cop derogatory comment, my few > cents worth is based on observation not study of code. > Roger I have long been a (quiet) advocate of this approach -- the so-called rolling release model. The stock response has usually been: try the bleeding-edge rawhide, which I do not think is equivalent to have a leading-edge rolling release model. Maybe one option could be to have a Fedora version for the rolling release to run in parallel with Fedora. Call it Topi or some other hat. Then, there would be the enterprise-level Redhat, the short-term release-based Fedora and the never-ending-release-called-whatever-hat. Of course, not sure whether this could be a practical approach. One other issue is that it sure would be nice if one could install portions of the kernel without rebooting the machine: would be very helpful for machines which are desirable to run without rebooting for months. Ranjan ____________________________________________________________ FREE 3D EARTH SCREENSAVER - Watch the Earth right on your desktop! Check it out at http://www.inbox.com/earth -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
