On Fri, 2006-02-03 at 17:39 -0500, Jeremy Katz wrote: > Although I hate to do it, it looks like we're going to have to slip > Fedora Core 5 test3 by a week. There is an ABI change in the gcc/glibc > stack that requires a rebuild of the entire distribution. Given that, > there is no way that we'll be able to make a freeze date of Monday. So, > test3 will now freeze on Monday, 13 February with a release date of > Monday, 20 February. > > We'll adjust the final schedule sometime next week based on the progress > of the rebuilding efforts. > > Thanks, > > Jeremy I add my voice to the list of users that care more about quality than strict adherence to arbitrary dates. I also very much hope that this will be an opportunity for re-assessing the relevance of March 15 as the release date for FC5-final, which I see a the worst possible choice in March, given the following release dates: March 15 GNOME-2.14, koffice-1.5 March 17 KDE-3.5.2 These would make Fecora Core 5 labeled as both "obsolete" and "unstable" if it ships an old KDE and a development version of GCC and GNOME. I care about general users and public perception here, since I am among the rare users that do not depend on any of the packaged desktops in Fedora Core (I do not use GNOME and I package KDE on my own). I am also very concerned about the delay in the release of GCC-4.1 (no release candidate yet), expecting FC5-final to include a compiler that has a wide level of exposure to testing. Having GCC-4.1-cvs-xxx would make users uncomfortable, and without bringing back the old RedHat ghost of gcc-2.96, I remind you that FC4 was released with a compiler blacklisted by the KDE project, which incidentally was one of the reasons for me and my institution to skip FC4 altogether and stay with FC3 until FC5 is released. So please take the time to think about this. Fedora Core can be leading edge with less bleeding. Best regards, Philippe Rigault -- fedora-test-list mailing list fedora-test-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-test-list