[K12OSN] [Fwd: Fedora 7]

[Luis Montes]

Interesting.

I think it's a mistake for Fedora to not include KDE in the main 
distribution. Gnome & KDE both been able to easily fit on the DVD image.

I've been a fedora/redhat user since redhat 5.1, but this move makes 
kubuntu look a little more attractive.  Sure, someone will spin a fedora 
KDE ISO, but ubuntu already has a KDE community with kubuntu.

After reading the full thread on the fedora list it appears that a few 
others agree this is a bad idea, but the powers that be are pretty much 
interested in keeping it "Gnome centric"

Luis


Dan Young wrote:
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Fedora 7
> Date: Thu, 4 Jan 2007 14:50:32 -0500
> From: Bill Nottingham <notting at redhat.com>
> Reply-To: Development discussions related to Fedora Core
> <fedora-devel-list at redhat.com>
> To: fedora-devel-list at redhat.com
>
> It's time to bite the bullet.
>
> There will be no more releases of Fedora Core or Fedora Extras.
>
> Wait! Where are you going? Come back!
>
> I'm serious. We've talked all along about how there should be
> no differences in how packages are treated whether they are
> in Core, or they are in Extras; no differences depending on who
> maintains the package. The best solution to this?
>
> Eliminate the distinction between Core and Extras entirely.
>
> Starting with Fedora 7, there is no more Core, and no more Extras;
> there is only Fedora. One single repository, built in the community
> on open source tools, assembled into whatever spins the Fedora community
> desires.
>
> Are we there yet right now? No. There's a lot of work to be done,
> and we're looking for help. What's left of the Core Steering Committee
> is going to work with the Fedora Board and FESCO to figure out just
> how this new combined repository is going to be governed and managed.
>
> In the meantime, just because we're not going to have a release of
> Core or Extras doesn't mean we're not going to have a release.
>
> Hence, Fedora 7. Name TBD, but probably not 'Bride of Zod'.
>
> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/7
>
> The current schedule is:
>
> 23 January 2007		|	F7 Test1 development freeze
> 		
> 30 January 2007 	|	F7 Test1 Release
> 			
>
> 20 February 2007	|	F7 FEATURE Freeze
> 			|	F7 string freeze
> 			|	F7 Test2 development freeze
> 				
> 27 February 2007	|	F7 Test2 release
>
> 19 March 2007		|	F7 translation freeze
> 			|	F7 Test3 development freeze
>
> 26 March 2007		|	F7 Test3 release
>
> ... Continual freeze. Only critical bugs fixed ...
> 											
> 5 April 2007		|	Final devel freeze.
>
> 26 April 2007		|	F7 General Availability
>
> And, what would a release be without features. We've identified
> 28 features that we'd like to include in the release, available
> at http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/7/Features:
>
> - Modify the build system to support this new paradigm
> - Merge Core and Extras in source control
> - Use the new pungi tool to spin all releases
> - A Fedora Desktop spin
> - A Fedora Server spin
> - A Fedora KDE spin
> - Make LiveCDs as a part of the distribution release process
> - Ability to customize non-packaging distrubution parameters
> - Switch to libata drivers for PATA support
> - Speedup of bootup and shutdown
> - Make wireless rock-solid
> - Add wireless firmware for all the chipsets we can
> - CodecBuddy
> - Fixing the proliferation of dictionary packages
> - Support encrypted filesystems
> - Fast user switching in the desktop
> - Fix the firewire stack
> - Switch to a tickless kernel by default
> - Fix unnecessary wakeups across the distribution
> - Add KVM virtualization support to our tools
> - Investigate (but probably don't switch to) new init technologies
> - Add the nouveau drivers for nVidia cards
> - Speed up Yum and RPM
> - Add support for RandR 1.2
> - Switch to syslog-ng
> - Make the update system useable by all
>
> More information on each of these features is available on the
> wiki, including responsible people and plans. If you'd like to
> chip in on these features, please, do!
>
> If you've got new features you'd like to add, and you are willing
> to do the work, or have the ability to get others to do the work
> for you, we can add them too. Note that Test2 is the feature freeze.
>
> Here's to making Fedora 7 the best release yet!
>
> Bill
>
>