Fedora Core 5 Test 3 Slip

Peter Robinson pbrobinson at gmail.com
Sat Feb 4 17:27:09 UTC 2006


> I add my voice to the list of users that care more about quality than strict
> adherence to arbitrary dates.
>
> I also very much hope that this will be an opportunity for re-assessing the
> relevance of March 15 as the release date for FC5-final, which I see a the
> worst possible choice in March, given the following release dates:
> March 15        GNOME-2.14, koffice-1.5
> March 17        KDE-3.5.2
>
> These would make Fecora Core 5 labeled as both "obsolete" and "unstable" if it
> ships an old KDE and a development version of GCC and GNOME. I care about
> general users and public perception here, since I am among the rare users
> that do not depend on any of the packaged desktops in Fedora Core (I do not
> use GNOME and I package KDE on my own).
>
> I am also very concerned about the delay in the release of GCC-4.1 (no release
> candidate yet), expecting FC5-final to include a compiler that has a wide
> level of exposure to testing. Having GCC-4.1-cvs-xxx would make users
> uncomfortable, and without bringing back the old RedHat ghost of gcc-2.96, I
> remind you that FC4 was released with a compiler blacklisted by the KDE
> project, which incidentally was one of the reasons for me and my institution
> to skip FC4 altogether and stay with FC3 until FC5 is released.
>
> So please take the time to think about this. Fedora Core can be leading edge
> with less bleeding.

It wouldn't be the first time that a developmental compiler/glibc has
been shipped with a RHL/Fedora release. I remember all the way back in
RH5 when they were the first to upgrade from libc to glibc and I think
it was RHL7 time frame where they shipped one or two releases with the
totally unsupported by anyone else unofficial 2.96 gcc compiler. What
it comes down to is someone has to do wide spread testinf these type
of new major releases of core technologies and Fedora is suppose to be
bleeding edge. If you want something more stable go for RHEL or one of
the dirivitives of it. I have generally found the gcc4.1 bineries
quite stable and although I've had problems with some of the other
bits such as some issues with gnome and evo and others I think FC5
should be a rocking release with lots of optimisations in gnome etc to
make it great.

Peter




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