On Wed, Jan 25, 2012 at 2:30 AM, Rahul Sundaram <metherid@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 01/24/2012 04:53 PM, mike cloaked 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/ > > This is just a proposal. Wont happen. > >> >> Opensuse Tumbleweed: >> http://en.opensuse.org/Portal:Tumbleweed > > Seems to be not actively adopted > >> >> Arch Linux: >> https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Arch_Linux > > This is only distro that gained any traction with this model > >> >> 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. > > I dont think there is a massive user base waiting for a rolling release > really. Rolling release automatically implies a level of disruption > periodically everytime a major component is bumped up. Esp for binary > distros, this isn't that great a user experience. I would participate in > such a effort but I don't buy the idea of this as a trend Exactly releases have the advantage of being a well tested set of updates where you have a window to decide whether you want to update yet or not. So I don't see what a rolling release gains really. If you always want to run the latest and greatest run rawhide (and help make it usable). -- devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
