Kevin Kofler wrote:
The decision is probably set in stone now anyway, but just my 2 cents:
Max Spevack <mspevack <at> redhat.com> writes:
1) The xorg update is of benefit to Fedora users who do not depend on
proprietary drivers for their video cards.
Indeed.
2) As such, this update would be bad for users who do rely on proprietary
drivers, mainly because those proprietary drivers are not updated to
function properly with the new xorg code. Users who upgrade will be in a
tough spot until their proprietary software vendors relese updates.
ATI has already updated their driver, if NVidia won't do the same, that's
really their problem.
3) The Fedora Project does not support any sort of proprietary software.
"Once free, always free".
Indeed.
In short, it's a major change with only modest benefit, and a better
solution is coming soon.
And what IS that "better solution"?
A well defined updates policy with the release engineering team to grant
exceptions when required.
Draft at http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/UpdatesPolicy
IMHO, this sets a really bad precedent. Do we really want Fedora to become the
next Debian Stable? Many users on the list have indicated they are running
Fedora precisely because they want current software, not obsolete crap which
happens to cooperate well with proprietary software, which as you say is not
even supported.
No need to trash talk other distributions. We have always withheld some
updates from the general releases. We just need to define the criteria
to withhold updates in a better way.
Rahul
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