On Mon, 26 Nov 2007 20:00:21 +0530 Rahul Sundaram <sundaram@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Dmitry Butskoy wrote: > > > > Not exactly. Old releases of Red Hat Linux was supported much more time > > rather than Fedora now. > > Release cycle is different from updates cycle and IIRC the last couple > of releases of Red Hat Linux wasn't supported much longer. Anyway the > point is that ~ 6 month release cycle was adopted from Red Hat Linux. > > >> Answer lies in rest of the upstream software including GNOME which > >> follow this release schedule > > > > BTW, what else significant besides GNOME? > > Time based releases? Openoffice.org, Xorg, Linux kernel ... The kernel doesn't exactly have a time based release. It's fairly predictable as to when the next one will happen, but it doesn't follow an explicit timeline. josh -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
