On Tue, Jan 24, 2012 at 6:23 AM, mike cloaked <mike.cloaked@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Having looked at the way releasing packages and versions in linux has > been moving in a number of distributions it is interesting that there > are several that now have a rolling-release model. > > Three of these are: > > Debian CUT: > http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2011/03/debian-cut-a-new-rolling-release/ > http://cut.debian.net/ > > Opensuse Tumbleweed: > http://en.opensuse.org/Portal:Tumbleweed > > Arch Linux: > https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Arch_Linux > > Gentoo is also essentially a rolling release distribution. > > Fedora would appear to be out of line in not taking on board the > potential user base for a rolling release version. For servers there > would be huge advantages in management of systems. Can you list what advantages there are over doing a yum upgrade to the next release? > Is there any support at all within the development community for a > rolling release version of Fedora (and possibly ulitimately Redhat)? > Is there a possibility that not moving to rolling release could > ultimately damage Fedora in the future as other distributions increase > their support base? How is rawhide not a rolling release? Or perhaps better asked, what about rawhide makes it unsuitable for use as a rolling Fedora release? -- devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
