On Fri, 2004-07-09 at 18:47 +0200, Alexander Larsson wrote: > > As always, this is a question of resources, and where to focus them. Do > we work on FC3, or do we keep working on FC2 and ignore FC3. Sometimes > we do updates for the last stable release, but its not that common > (except for security updates). > > Updates are much more resource demanding than rawhide work, because > there is no beta-test period so you have to be much more careful with > what you release, and the whole per-package update procedure just takes > a lot of time. If we were to backport every fix and release as an update > we just wouldn't have any time for FC3 at all. > With the release cycles as quick as they are and the fact that you don't have to pay for every upgrade, the current system works quite well for me. If I come across some bug that really irritates me and a fix is available, I can very easily whip up my own package with the incorporated fix and move on. I can definitely see RHs perspective regarding such updates as being too resource intensive. Certainly would be another argument for the external Fedora Extras/updates whatever type of repos though. -- David T Hollis <dhollis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
