Matthew Woehlke (mw_triad@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx) said: > Bill Nottingham wrote: >> To put it a different way - would you buy a car whose extended warranty >> won't tell you what it covers, or for how long, and tells you it's subject >> to change *AT ANY TIME*? If so, I think I've got some cars to sell you. > > Have you ever bought a used car? > > People drive cars not under warranty because they know that, if > something goes wrong, they can either fix it themselves (for those who > are hobby mechanics) or pay someone to fix it. The same goes for a > distro; if you need an update and there is no support, you can always > build it yourself or pay someone to build it for you (which is, after > all, sort of the point of Free Software). Right, that's what we have now. What he's suggesting is some sort of 'other' warranty that can expire at any time, and which packages/ parts of the car are covered can change at any time. I know of *no one* who gets that sort of warranty. Bill -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
