Re: Nautilus bug fixed upstream!

[David T Hollis <dhollis davehollis com>]

On Fri, 2004-07-09 at 18:47 +0200, Alexander Larsson wrote:
> 
> As always, this is a question of resources, and where to focus them. Do
> we work on FC3, or do we keep working on FC2 and ignore FC3. Sometimes
> we do updates for the last stable release, but its not that common
> (except for security updates). 
> 
> Updates are much more resource demanding than rawhide work, because
> there is no beta-test period so you have to be much more careful with
> what you release, and the whole per-package update procedure just takes
> a lot of time. If we were to backport every fix and release as an update
> we just wouldn't have any time for FC3 at all.
> 

With the release cycles as quick as they are and the fact that you don't
have to pay for every upgrade, the current system works quite well for
me.  If I come across some bug that really irritates me and a fix is
available, I can very easily whip up my own package with the
incorporated fix and move on.  I can definitely see RHs perspective
regarding such updates as being too resource intensive.  Certainly would
be another argument for the external Fedora Extras/updates whatever type
of repos though.

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David T Hollis <dhollis davehollis com>