One thing I wanted to point out. Windows users get to install the latest Firefox, KDE, and other apps without having to wait for a new Windows release. If users had to wait for Windows 8 to get the latest Firefox, things would be messy. I don't understand what the fear is of doing this on GNU/Linux. On Tue, Sep 21, 2010 at 8:01 AM, Adam Williamson <awilliam@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Tue, 2010-09-21 at 13:49 +0200, Michael Schwendt wrote: >> On Tue, 21 Sep 2010 01:51:03 +0200, MichaÅ wrote: >> >> > Setting up "official" backport repo will avoid repos fragmentation. >> > Keeping all cool updates in one place appears to be a reasonable idea. >> > Am I right? >> >> Wait a minute! You need to define "fragmentation" here. It seems you refer >> to the geographical location of repos only. More important is the >> fragmentation caused by increasing the number of repos, especially if they >> create additional targets to build for. Considering how APIs/ABIs and >> stable packages are broken regularly, I don't think Fedora Packagers >> could handle the increased maintenance requirements added by a backports >> repo. Whether "official" or not, just imagine what can happen >> if repo 1 upgrades repo 2, or vice versa, and unexpectedly. Better >> attempt at making the current dist release usable/deployable in >> production environments, and encourage more users to take a look at >> Rawhide and Alpha/Beta releases earlier. > > I Âthink he meant the same thing as you. He wasn't using 'place' > literally. > -- > Adam Williamson > Fedora QA Community Monkey > IRC: adamw | Fedora Talk: adamwill AT fedoraproject DOT org > http://www.happyassassin.net > > -- > devel mailing list > devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel -- devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
