On Mon, 2008-10-13 at 21:17 -0400, Chuck Anderson wrote: > On Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 08:51:13PM -0400, Josh Boyer wrote: > > On Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 07:44:17PM -0500, Matthew Woehlke wrote: > > > 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). > > > > Thank you for providing the analogy that proves the Fedora project > > (the car dealership here) does not need to provide an LTS because the > > consumers (the Fedora users) can fix things themselves. > > And why shouldn't the Fedora project provide a place for the consumers > who fixed things themselves to share with those who can't fix things? Exactly! Wasn't this the original idea behind Fedora? Ralf -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
