Expectation Management for Test Releases

[Elliot Lee]

On Tue, 20 Apr 2004, Chris Adams wrote:

> Once upon a time, Will Backman <whb at ceimaine.org> said:
> > I don't see how the current release process is much different from
> > before.  I was downloading and trying Redhat Linux betas before Fedora
> > existed.
> 
> Before, there were several private beta releases to a controlled team
> before any public betas were made (there were really more like 4-5 betas
> and a release candidate or two, but only 3 public releases).  FC2 is the
> first without that, and in some ways, it is showing.  I think the goal
> of 3 test releases for FC2 is rather ambitious (especially with the
> major changes of kernel 2.6 and SElinux); I'm not sure it is realistic
> though.

Some may not yet be aware that SELinux is going to be disabled by default
for FC2. It will still be possible to install with it on, and development
work on it will continue, but it's not ready for prime time.

Cheers,
-- Elliot