Re: FC4 good new tech, bad legacy support
From: Hoffmann (oasf2004_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 06/30/05
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Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2005 15:07:39 -0700 (PDT) To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list@redhat.com>
--- "Scot L. Harris" <webid@cfl.rr.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 2005-06-29 at 16:35, Richard Kelsch wrote:
> > Scot L. Harris wrote:
> > > On Wed, 2005-06-29 at 04:52, Richard Kelsch
> wrote:
>
> > > > I like and want to use Linux, not spend hours
> working out problems in
> > > > getting it to work. BAD! BAD!! It's like
> buying a hydrogen powered
> > > > car. Sure, it's new, clean, and neato-keen
> with all the nerds out
> > > > there, but your screwed being to actually fill
> it with fuel. Shame on
> > > > you if you live outside of Seattle or San
> Francisco (Fanboy capitals of
> > > > the continent). Your new, bitchin' car is a
> brick. The same goes using
> > > > FC4 outside it's core software, your PC is a
> brick as well.
> > > >
> > > Understand that FC is a test bed. Red Hat is
> using it as a rapid
> > > development platform. They will take the things
> that work and
> > > incorporate them into RHEL. FC is a time based
> release, it will have
> > > problems, guaranteed. It says this on the main
> fedora web site.
> > >
> > > If you want a Red Hat like system that is more
> stable you should try
> > > Centos. It is a rebuilt version of the latest
> RHEL. Currently it is
> > > roughly equivalent to FC3 at the moment.
>
> > What part of "test bed" did you not understand?
> You even said it
> > yourself. I tested it and found flaws. What?
> Could it be you don't
> > want to know about these issues? How good is
> testing if you can't
> > handle it when someone finds something wrong?
> Think my friend. This
> > is me testing FC4 and finding what I consider
> problems. Learn from
> > these problems and understand the word "test" more
> thoroughly. When
> > you "test" you are looking for problems. When a
> problem is found, it
> > is a good idea to fix it.
>
> I must have missed the part where you said you were
> testing things. I
> read your statement above "I like and want to use
> Linux, not spend hours
> working out problems in getting it to work." to mean
> that you wanted a
> stable release to run your software on. I
> recommended Centos as a
> viable option to that end.
>
> Because FC4 is a test bed for many bleeding edge
> changes there will be
> lots of problems that have to be sorted out.
>
> If you are testing FC4 and find problems the proper
> thing to do is file
> a bug report so the maintainers of the various
> packages can verify and
> fix such problems. Reporting the problems on the
> list will not
> necessarily get the problem report in front of the
> programmer
> responsible for that program or module.
>
> If you understood the nature of FC4 then you should
> understand there
> will be a certain amount of time that you will
> "spend hours working out
> problems in getting it to work." It is the nature
> of the beast. :)
>
> And if you have specific problems or questions there
> are many many
> people on the list that are willing to try and help.
> You just have to
> ask. :)
>
> --
> Scot L. Harris
> webid@cfl.rr.com
>
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In my opinion, Fedora (and FC4) is a good linux
distro. However, I think that any new version should
be released at least each 1 or 1.5 year, instead of
sooner. In my opinion, once again, before that period
of time (1 - 1.5 year), a new version seems to be
'premature'. Why a new version about each 6 months?
Ok. Are we 'desperate'?
Fedora is a 'test bed', but why the rush? I migrated
from Suse 9.1 Professional to FC4, because I also
realized the same king of rush for releasing new
versions, and I didn't like that distro at all.
Because of 'rush' every new version became a
'problem'.
So, once again, why to be in a hurry for release linux
distroes?
I hope Fedore be a good 'test bed'. I mean, test with
quality in mind. I think Fedora has quality in mind...
Hoffmann
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