Fedora Core 5 Test 3 Slip

[D Canfield]

Mike A. Harris wrote:
>
> I think our 6 month cycle plan remains, but will likely vary depending
> on various factors.  I'd like to see it be a 9 month cycle that can
> vary earlier or later though, but that's just my personal opinion.  I
> dunno who else would agree with me on that. ;)
>

Perhaps this is just my own experience and impressions, but through the 
RHL releases and even as recently as the first couple of FC releases, I 
was always eagerly awaiting each new release because of various great 
improvements that made the system more generally usable.  As tired as I 
would get of constantly rebuilding my machine, I would install most of 
the test releases just because I wanted those features that badly.  With 
FC 3 & 4, my "appetite" for new releases has slowed down significantly, 
and the only reason I look for betas nowadays is usually support for 
newer hardware.  In fact, the only two things I'm eager for in FC5 are a 
working suspend on my thinkpad, and evolution syncing on my Treo 
(neither of which looks is looking too promising anymore).

The point of all that is to say that I think as FC and Linux/OSS mature, 
there will be less demand for a steady stream of updates, and a 9-12 
month release cycle would probably be quite acceptable.  In fact, if 
things go the direction they seem to be, most people would probably 
prefer a longer-lived Core infrastructure, and look more to Extras for 
faster-moving updates to day-to-day apps.

Just my perception.

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