Re: Ready for new RPM version?

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On Tue, 2009-03-03 at 23:43 +0100, Kevin Kofler wrote:
> Jon Masters wrote:
> > Yes, you "will". As others have said, running a stable Fedora allows you
> > to replace just the one piece you care about today - for example newer
> > kernel builds. I regularly run all manner of upstream and also test
> > builds of RHEL-RT kernels on my laptop without worrying about whether
> > the reason it fails to boot is related to something I don't care about
> > at that particular moment[0].
> 
> That usually works for the kernel, not so much for userspace software
> (especially something big like KDE) unless you rebuild it from the SRPM.

My answer is "it depends". I'm trying to give examples of reasons why
you wouldn't run rawhide, or why you might use a virtual machine, etc.
The point is, it is wrong to say "all developers must run rawhide".

Jon.


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