[Fedora-ia64-list] F8 for ia64 now available

[Prarit Bhargava]

John L. Bass wrote:
> Good luck guys, Prarit made it clear I'm barking up the wrong tree
> expecting Fedora ia64 to become a stable platform.
>
>   

Thanks John -- at least you've come to understand what we are currently 
not -- a stable platform.  Hopefully with a bit of help (secondary arch 
status!) from Fedora Project we can get to a stable point.

P.
> John
>
> 	Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2007 21:38:57 -0700
> 	From: "John L. Bass" <jbass at dmsd.com>
> 	To: jbass at dmsd.com, prarit at redhat.com
> 	Subject: Re: Fedora ia64 releases
> 	Cc: dchapman at redhat.com, plasm at roo.me.uk
>
> 	Prarit Bhargava <prarit at redhat.com> writes:
>
> 		John L. Bass wrote:
> 		> This only becomes a product, when every member of the team expects it to be
> 		> a product. You and Doug clearly do not expect that, and it clearly lacks because
> 		> of it. You say that's because of lack of resources, and ignore finding ways
> 		> to include outside offers for help in a productive way. That is what makes the
> 		> F8 iso's a joke, and trying to test/use those bits a waste of many peoples time.
> 		>
> 		> 99.99999% of the bits in your release are clean production quality. The few
> 		> that are not, are this teams problem, and it's unrealistic to believe some
> 		> future upstream release will result in a perfect Fedora ia64 cut.
> 		>   
>
> 		John -- it seems to me that you have a complete misunderstanding of what 
> 		Fedora is.  You seem to be arguing that Fedora is some stable, robust, 
> 		and supported platform.  It is NONE of those things.
>
> 	You and Doug are clearly here to represent RedHat's controlling interest in Fedora.
> 	Thank you for clearly setting the record straight about expecting a usable, stable,
> 	production release from the sanctioned Fedora releases processes.
>
> 	Clearly believing the hope RedHat set in the Fedora mission statements appears to
> 	have been wrong. Sorry for believing the Fedora dream.
>
> 	John Bass
>
>