VDQ : version number convention

[Paul Howarth]

On Sat, 2006-06-17 at 07:49 +0100, Keith G. Robertson-Turner wrote:
> Beartooth wrote:
> 
> > I dunno whether I never saw it, or did and forgot; I'm sure I should
> > know, but don't: does FC have a numbering convention like some apps
> 
> Don't think so. Each release is just more "bleeding-edge" than the
> previous. :)
> 
> > I seem to have a lot more trouble running odd-numbered FCs than even?
> 
> I guess you're just born lucky. :)
> 
> Seriously though, a lot of it has to do with the kernel. Later updates 
> usually fix it though (but introduce a whole new set of problems).
> 
> IME eventually you'll find a kernel release that WorksForYou®. Also, 
> just as "prelink" was a big problem in previous releases (fault lay 
> mainly with static libs in other installed packages, but all fixed now 
> AFAIK), SELinux seems to be having the same kind of teething/transition 
> problems on FC5. Policy updates are being released regularly though, and 
> of course you can just turn it off if you want, but just like prelink, I 
> think eventually it will all settle down.

I think with SELinux the workaround of disabling it is so easy to do
that it tends to result in a lack of bug reports. Perhaps if it wasn't
so easy to turn it off, the problems would get fixed rather than worked
around.

IMHO SELinux in FC5 is far better than it was in FC4, where I felt that
each new update tended to break things that were working before. In FC5,
things are clearly improving with the updates.

Paul.