Fedora Core 4 delayed until June 13

[Jesse Keating]

On Tue, 2005-06-07 at 15:09 -0400, Michael Wiktowy wrote:
> If this is the case, do they have to go through the same release 
> procedure for a nameless test release?
> If not, what is stopping the Fedora project from releasing a nameless 
> release candidate immediately for a week of final bashing of 
> installation/CD mastering and Extras integration issues?
> Supposedly, everything was all ready to go yesterday in a technical 
> sense and this is just a legal delay.
> Doing an rc release and a short time later re-badging it as the final 
> product is not unusual and could make for a more flawless final
> release.

Because any changes would have to re-go through legal, and any changes
will require more testing, etc...

A lot of times it is easier to release what has already been approved
and fix and prepare any last minute bugfixes for immediate updates.
This is why you'll sometimes see updates available the day after a
fedora release.

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