On 5/30/07, Glynn Foster <Glynn.Foster at sun.com> wrote: > Francois Saint-Jacques wrote: > > 1. 6 month is WAY too short in my opinion. There is nothing more painfull > > than upgrading Fedora core 1 to 6 or Ubuntu abc to xyz while dist-upgrading > > 3-4 > > releases. Update process *should not* take more than 3 hours. I understand > > this is may be impossible with customized/compiled softwares, but a base > > system should update really quickly. I don't want a desktop with the > > lastest Gnome version, I want a stable Solaris derived OS. > > I somewhat disagree, and I think the frustration you have is partly due to the > technical limitations of the upgrade process that you've experienced. While I > respect your opinion for wanting a slower moving release, others would > probably > disagree. I for one would love to see the latest desktop advances. That's not > to > say either of us is wrong to want that, more like some thought needed to > figure > out how to handle the various preferences of our userbase.
The slower moving release will be called "Solaris". :-) -ian -- Ian Murdock 650-331-9324 http://ianmurdock.com/ "Don't look back--something might be gaining on you." --Satchel Paige
