On Tue, Sep 21, 2010 at 12:29 AM, Gerald Henriksen <ghenriks@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Mon, 20 Sep 2010 21:58:53 -0400, you wrote: > >>2010/9/20 Micha? Piotrowski <mkkp4x4@xxxxxxxxx>: >>> Ok, so maybe it's time to setup Fedora "backports" repo for these that >>> wants new and shiny Firefox 4, PostgreSQL 9 or whatever with big >>> number. >> >>What exactly is the fear here with these updates? Are there many >>desktop users who do NOT want the latest released Firefox? Are there >>many people using Fedora as their OS for their database server? > > What if you are using a Firefox extension that hasn't been ported to > the latest release yet? You don't update Firefox till the extension comes out. > What if you have decided that Fedora is an easier path to a server > rather than attempting to backport a lot of packages because the > current release of RHEL/CentOS is 3 years old and doesn't have what > you need in term of framework or language? The same thing suggested here for new packages. > What if you are a college that has deployed Fedora to use for your > students coursework, and an upgrade to a language/database/etc breaks > things mid-semester? You test updates before you deploy them. > Fedora is used in a lot of different ways. Sure, but I thought Fedora was all about pushing new, free software. -- Fedora 13 (www.pembo13.com) -- devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
