[lug] Fedora

[Ed Hill]

On Wed, 2003-09-24 at 12:37, Joseph McDonald wrote:
> I'm wondering (and I've read the docs) if the new Fedora project is going
> to be the upgrade path for RHL 7.x, 8.x and 9.x, or if those releases are
> going to die on the vine.
> 
> I think Fedora is going to be a lot more like Debian, except that they're
> not going to be as focused on stability. I think they'll have 'stable' and
> 'testing' distro's, but it's sure to be interesting.
> 
>  http://fedora.redhat.com/


Hi Joey,

I joined the fedora mailing lists and theres been a lot of discussion
including some really good summaries.  The upshot is:

  "fedora project" - will be like the Debian testing branch with 
    folks from RH mostly taking the lead on coordinating releases, 
    choosing packages which packages/vers go in, writing docs, 
    etc.  RH will *NOT* be selling or formally supporting (in terms 
    of service contracts) the Fedora Project in a direct fashion.

  RHEL (of which there are currently 3 flavors) will be like Debian
    stable and will be sold and supported by RH for relatively long
    release cycles.  RHEL will, over time, "absorb" the versions of 
    packages that are used/tested/etc in the fedora project.

Ed

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