On Fri, Jul 05, 2002, Amir Tal wrote about "Re: KDE 3.0.2 is out, but...": > On Friday 05 July 2002 20:56, you wrote: > > RH will always release only security updates for kde, or major releases. > i wonder when (or if) thats ever gonna change...?
Should it? Redhat makes a release every 6 months. This means that on average, the software you're using (if you upgrade Redhat every 6 months) is 3 months old. Is that really so terrible? Should Redhat be worried that users will leave it because of the "untimeliness" of their feature updates? I really doubt it. A handful of users on this list consider using 3-month old versions of KDE a faux-pas, and when a third-version-digit change in KDE is release, they run to get it. But most users (even most power-users) are satisfied with Redhat's update rate. Moreover, most of the Redhat users I know haven't even switched to Redhat 7.3 yet: I know people using Redhat 7.2, 7.1, and even 6.2, and they don't seem to be bothered by the fact that they are using 6 month to 2 year old software... So if Redhat has to allocate their resources, between preparing (and testing) a 0.0.1 version-increment RPM for KDE, and between preparing for their next major release (that I am guessing will hit beta in around 3 months), I think the reasoning behind their choice is clear. P.S. Redhat's "rawhide" site sometimes has updated RPMs, with updates that are not necessarily security-related. Of course, these RPMs are unsupported and less tested than the ones in the official releases. -- Nadav Har'El | Saturday, Jul 6 2002, 26 Tammuz 5762 [EMAIL PROTECTED] |----------------------------------------- Phone: +972-53-245868, ICQ 13349191 |Open your arms to change, but don't let http://nadav.harel.org.il |go of your values. ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
