Gilboa Davara <gilboad@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: [...] > While I agree that people should have switched to FC4 by now (though I > too use FC3 on some machines... somehow, at least for me, FC3 was a > better release), or be prepared to use FL when it EOLs. > I'm just looking to give people a-bit of extra time to sleep on it. Problem is, they /did/ sleep on it... and are now awakening. [...] > Having FL kick in when the current release is... released and having an > automated switch to FL tool is the best combo IMHO. > It'll give people an option to either: > A. Automatically move to FL. And then they'll screem bloody murder when FC4 is finally EOLed by FL... > B. Upgrade to a mid-life release. (FC5) This should be made easy. I.e., switch midstream "painlessly". The problem is that installing (or upgrading) with the then-current media will give you a system that needs tons of updates up front. OTOH, doing a "midlife respin" will only get people to wait trying it out when it comes out, so... > C. Upgrade to bleeding edge release. (FC6). Must do it anyway, at least with a few test machines. [...] > My main point is: > Switching over to FL isn't stream-lined/automated. Will be, as the discussion here shows. People, please cut the guys behind all this some slack. Fedora /is/ an experiment, nobody (yet) knows exactly how to do it right, the current discussion is on how to make it better. Besides, Fedora Core is a gift from Red Hat to its users (can't call people whose main "contribution" is complaints a "community"...), better step up and lend a hand. -- Dr. Horst H. von Brand User #22616 counter.li.org Departamento de Informatica Fono: +56 32 654431 Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria +56 32 654239 Casilla 110-V, Valparaiso, Chile Fax: +56 32 797513 -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
