Re: Fedora Infinity: A Dumb Question?

2008-08-07 Thread Ric Moore
On Wed, 2008-08-06 at 02:10 +, g wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Tom spot Callaway wrote: snip Rawhide will not show you pictures of Bush blowing a bugle and leading a charge by Dick Chaney, John Ashcroft, and John McCain to eat baklava confiscated from an

Re: Fedora Infinity: A Dumb Question?

2008-08-07 Thread g
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Ric Moore wrote: snip My first wife was Greek. Never get into a property settlement with a Greek gal. They'll cut your heart out and leave you bleeding in the street for dead, after kicking you in the head for good measure. grins Ric lol. for

Re: Fedora Infinity: A Dumb Question?

2008-08-07 Thread Aaron Konstam
On Wed, 2008-08-06 at 15:48 -0700, Craig White wrote: On Wed, 2008-08-06 at 16:25 -0500, Aaron Konstam wrote: On Wed, 2008-08-06 at 01:45 -0300, Armin wrote: On Tuesday 05 August 2008 23:50:19 kwhiskerz wrote: That was a lot of answers. I guess I get the drift. I have tried Rawhide,

Re: Fedora Infinity: A Dumb Question?

2008-08-07 Thread Craig White
On Thu, 2008-08-07 at 08:30 -0500, Aaron Konstam wrote: On Wed, 2008-08-06 at 15:48 -0700, Craig White wrote: On Wed, 2008-08-06 at 16:25 -0500, Aaron Konstam wrote: On Wed, 2008-08-06 at 01:45 -0300, Armin wrote: On Tuesday 05 August 2008 23:50:19 kwhiskerz wrote: That was a lot of

Re: Fedora Infinity: A Dumb Question?

2008-08-07 Thread Aaron Konstam
On Thu, 2008-08-07 at 06:53 -0700, Craig White wrote: On Thu, 2008-08-07 at 08:30 -0500, Aaron Konstam wrote: On Wed, 2008-08-06 at 15:48 -0700, Craig White wrote: On Wed, 2008-08-06 at 16:25 -0500, Aaron Konstam wrote: On Wed, 2008-08-06 at 01:45 -0300, Armin wrote: On Tuesday 05

Re: Fedora Infinity: A Dumb Question?

2008-08-07 Thread Craig White
On Thu, 2008-08-07 at 09:26 -0500, Aaron Konstam wrote: On Thu, 2008-08-07 at 06:53 -0700, Craig White wrote: On Thu, 2008-08-07 at 08:30 -0500, Aaron Konstam wrote: On Wed, 2008-08-06 at 15:48 -0700, Craig White wrote: On Wed, 2008-08-06 at 16:25 -0500, Aaron Konstam wrote: On Wed,

Re: Re: Fedora Infinity: A Dumb Question?

2008-08-06 Thread Roberto Malinverni
-Messaggio originale- Date: Tue, 5 Aug 2008 20:50:19 -0600 From: kwhiskerz [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Fedora Infinity: A Dumb Question? That was a lot of answers. I guess I get the drift. I have tried Rawhide, but found it too much work, except when it gets close

Re: Fedora Infinity: A Dumb Question?

2008-08-06 Thread Matthew Saltzman
On Tue, 2008-08-05 at 21:06 -0500, Marc Schwartz wrote: Tom \spot\ Callaway [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Tue, 2008-08-05 at 16:36 -0600, kwhiskerz wrote: I have always wondered why it is necessary to issue a new version of Fedora (or any other OS every 6 months). Why cannot an OS be

Re: Fedora Infinity: A Dumb Question?

2008-08-06 Thread Andrew Kelly
On Tue, 2008-08-05 at 22:14 -0400, Damon L. Chesser wrote: On Tue, 2008-08-05 at 16:36 -0600, kwhiskerz wrote: I have always wondered why it is necessary to issue a new version of Fedora (or any other OS every 6 months). Why cannot an OS be like a river, constantly flowing and always

Re: Fedora Infinity: A Dumb Question?

2008-08-06 Thread Alan Cox
For those of us old enough to remember, Rawhide also has it's own TV show and theme song[1]: Move ‘em on, head ‘em up, head ‘em up, move ‘em out, Move ‘em on, head ‘em out Rawhide! http://lwn.net/Articles/257634/ Alan -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe:

Re: Fedora Infinity: A Dumb Question?

2008-08-06 Thread Andrew Kelly
On Wed, 2008-08-06 at 10:01 +0100, Alan Cox wrote: For those of us old enough to remember, Rawhide also has it's own TV show and theme song[1]: Move ‘em on, head ‘em up, head ‘em up, move ‘em out, Move ‘em on, head ‘em out Rawhide! http://lwn.net/Articles/257634/ Alan Really

Re: Fedora Infinity: A Dumb Question?

2008-08-06 Thread Michael C
Andrew Kelly wrote: On Tue, 2008-08-05 at 22:14 -0400, Damon L. Chesser wrote: On Tue, 2008-08-05 at 16:36 -0600, kwhiskerz wrote: I have always wondered why it is necessary to issue a new version of Fedora (or any other OS every 6 months). Why cannot an OS be like a river, constantly

Re: Fedora Infinity: A Dumb Question?

2008-08-06 Thread Andrew Kelly
On Wed, 2008-08-06 at 12:50 +0100, Michael C wrote: Andrew Kelly wrote: On Tue, 2008-08-05 at 22:14 -0400, Damon L. Chesser wrote: On Tue, 2008-08-05 at 16:36 -0600, kwhiskerz wrote: I have always wondered why it is necessary to issue a new version of Fedora (or any other

Re: Fedora Infinity: A Dumb Question?

2008-08-06 Thread Marc Schwartz
Alan Cox [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: For those of us old enough to remember, Rawhide also has it's own TV show and theme song[1]: Move ‘em on, head ‘em up, head ‘em up, move ‘em out, Move ‘em on, head ‘em out Rawhide! http://lwn.net/Articles/257634/ Alan That's wonderful Alan! Well

Re: Fedora Infinity: A Dumb Question?

2008-08-06 Thread George Arseneault
--- On Tue, 8/5/08, Marc Schwartz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: For those of us old enough to remember, Rawhide also has it's own TV show and theme song[1]: Move ‘em on, head ‘em up, head ‘em up, move ‘em out, Move ‘em on, head ‘em out Rawhide! Regards, Marc Schwartz 1.

Re: Fedora Infinity: A Dumb Question?

2008-08-06 Thread Aaron Konstam
On Wed, 2008-08-06 at 01:45 -0300, Armin wrote: On Tuesday 05 August 2008 23:50:19 kwhiskerz wrote: That was a lot of answers. I guess I get the drift. I have tried Rawhide, but found it too much work, except when it gets close to a release and I just can't wait any longer. It sure would be

Re: Fedora Infinity: A Dumb Question?

2008-08-06 Thread Craig White
On Wed, 2008-08-06 at 16:25 -0500, Aaron Konstam wrote: On Wed, 2008-08-06 at 01:45 -0300, Armin wrote: On Tuesday 05 August 2008 23:50:19 kwhiskerz wrote: That was a lot of answers. I guess I get the drift. I have tried Rawhide, but found it too much work, except when it gets close to a

Fedora Infinity: A Dumb Question?

2008-08-05 Thread kwhiskerz
I have always wondered why it is necessary to issue a new version of Fedora (or any other OS every 6 months). Why cannot an OS be like a river, constantly flowing and always being the latest edition, with a simple yum update. Cannot programs clean up after themselves, leaving no cruft, so that

Re: Fedora Infinity: A Dumb Question?

2008-08-05 Thread Mikkel L. Ellertson
kwhiskerz wrote: I have always wondered why it is necessary to issue a new version of Fedora (or any other OS every 6 months). Why cannot an OS be like a river, constantly flowing and always being the latest edition, with a simple yum update. Cannot programs clean up after themselves, leaving

Re: Fedora Infinity: A Dumb Question?

2008-08-05 Thread Tom spot Callaway
On Tue, 2008-08-05 at 16:36 -0600, kwhiskerz wrote: I have always wondered why it is necessary to issue a new version of Fedora (or any other OS every 6 months). Why cannot an OS be like a river, constantly flowing and always being the latest edition, with a simple yum update. This is

Re: Fedora Infinity: A Dumb Question?

2008-08-05 Thread Jose Celestino
Words by kwhiskerz [Tue, Aug 05, 2008 at 04:36:21PM -0600]: I have always wondered why it is necessary to issue a new version of Fedora (or any other OS every 6 months). Why cannot an OS be like a river, constantly flowing and always being the latest edition, with a simple yum update.

Re: Fedora Infinity: A Dumb Question?

2008-08-05 Thread Marc Schwartz
Tom \spot\ Callaway [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Tue, 2008-08-05 at 16:36 -0600, kwhiskerz wrote: I have always wondered why it is necessary to issue a new version of Fedora (or any other OS every 6 months). Why cannot an OS be like a river, constantly flowing and always being the latest

Re: Fedora Infinity: A Dumb Question?

2008-08-05 Thread g
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Tom spot Callaway wrote: snip Rawhide will not show you pictures of Bush blowing a bugle and leading a charge by Dick Chaney, John Ashcroft, and John McCain to eat baklava confiscated from an Iraqi village. why would they be confiscating baklava

Re: Fedora Infinity: A Dumb Question?

2008-08-05 Thread Damon L. Chesser
On Tue, 2008-08-05 at 16:36 -0600, kwhiskerz wrote: I have always wondered why it is necessary to issue a new version of Fedora (or any other OS every 6 months). Why cannot an OS be like a river, constantly flowing and always being the latest edition, with a simple yum update. Cannot

Re: Fedora Infinity: A Dumb Question?

2008-08-05 Thread Armin
On Tuesday 05 August 2008 19:36:21 kwhiskerz wrote: I have always wondered why it is necessary to issue a new version of Fedora (or any other OS every 6 months). Why cannot an OS be like a river, constantly flowing and always being the latest edition, with a simple yum update. Cannot

Re: Fedora Infinity: A Dumb Question?

2008-08-05 Thread Armin
On Tuesday 05 August 2008 20:15:24 Tom spot Callaway wrote: On Tue, 2008-08-05 at 16:36 -0600, kwhiskerz wrote: I have always wondered why it is necessary to issue a new version of Fedora (or any other OS every 6 months). Why cannot an OS be like a river, constantly flowing and always

Re: Fedora Infinity: A Dumb Question?

2008-08-05 Thread Armin
On Tuesday 05 August 2008 23:50:19 kwhiskerz wrote: That was a lot of answers. I guess I get the drift. I have tried Rawhide, but found it too much work, except when it gets close to a release and I just can't wait any longer. It sure would be nice if one didn't have to keep reinstalling twice