On 05/28/2015 01:25 PM, Matthew Miller wrote: > On Thu, May 28, 2015 at 11:39:09AM -0400, Kevin Cummings wrote: >> Seems like silly reasoning to me. Why not just install it, so that it >> gets updated during the normal lifetime of that release, so that when it >> comes time to upgrade to the next release, it is already there and updated? > > What's the benefit of (potentially) all of those updates? What's the benefit of *any* update? Whenever they happen, the software gets updated, so that when it gets used, the latest copy is used. Whether or not the update is a security update, or a functionality update, the Fedora mindset is to update your software regularly from the updates channel. If/when a new fedup becomes available, it will be installed on the user's machine. > Apparently this is, however, a moot point, as Will Woods, the fedup > developer, just announced that it's going away. :) And what will be the approved replacement? fedora-upgrade? The same should apply to that. Whatever the approved upgrade utility is, it should already be installed on everyones machine (at least at the time of initial installation), so that it is available (and up-to-date) when the user needs to use it. You can argue that not every user will use it. I can understand that argument, but it doesn't hurt them to have it installed, and it helps those of us who will want to use it. It should be a part of the base system. -- Kevin J. Cummings kjchome@xxxxxxxxxxx cummings@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx cummings@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Registered Linux User #1232 (http://www.linuxcounter.net/) -- 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
