Sound doesn't work, again!
David
dgboles at comcast.net
Sun May 17 15:09:23 UTC 2009
On 5/17/2009 10:43 AM, Naheem Zaffar wrote:
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> 2009/5/17 David <dgboles at comcast.net <mailto:dgboles at comcast.net>>
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> I agree with the testing 100%. However he said that this was a
> necessary, production, machine.
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> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/Rawhide
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> " Who should use Rawhide?
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> No-one should use Rawhide as their main day-to-day workstation. As
> Rawhide is a development branch, many changes are not heavily tested (or
> tested at all) before being released to Rawhide, and packages in Rawhide
> can and do break without warning. It is even possible that bugs in
> Rawhide could cause data loss. However, testing Rawhide is a very
> valuable activity which helps to direct Fedora development and ensure
> the quality of stable releases is high. It's also a fun way to try out
> the latest software almost as soon as it comes out. If you have a spare
> system, or are willing to install Rawhide to spare space on an existing
> system and dual boot, or use a virtual machine, testing Rawhide is a
> great way to contribute to Fedora development."
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> But many still do.
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> I would think that "frozen" rawhid just before a release is a different
> matter - if no serious bugs are reported in the software, that is the
> software that will make it into a final release.
>
> Rawhide a few months ago/a few months from now and today are IMO two
> different beasts.
>
Final Freeze Policy
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/ReleaseEngineering/FinalFreezePolicy
This "frozen" rawhide" (future F-11) that you speak of is still getting
daily updates. Or it was. The latest / last(?) ones where on Fri May 15.
You are still updating aren't you?
I use Rawhide on a day to day basis. However I also have the latest
release installed, kept up to date, should Rawhide have a problem. Which
it does from time to time but not too often.
So no I still do not think it is wise to run Rawhide or a beta of it
on a critical machine.
User's choice. If it breaks the user gets to keep the pieces.
--
David
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