Manoj Srivastava resigns as Debian secretary [LWN.net]

Manoj Srivastava resigns as Debian secretary

Posted Dec 19, 2008 7:47 UTC (Fri) by dlang (guest, #313)
In reply to: Manoj Srivastava resigns as Debian secretary by rahulsundaram
Parent article: Manoj Srivastava resigns as Debian secretary

that may be the goal, but a 6-month cycle with 12 months of support ignores the reality that it takes time to test a new version, then schedule and perform an upgrade (in a large organization the upgrades will be phased)

it can take a couple of months to do this, even when everything goes perfectly. as a result fedora's schedule really requires an upgrade every 6 months to each new version.

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6-month cycle with 12 months of support?

Posted Dec 26, 2008 14:05 UTC (Fri) by vonbrand (guest, #4458) [Link]

Here at the computer lab we do just fine with Fedora, updating regularly around once a year. Sometimes (if the new bling-bling is shiny enough, and terms allowing) we do update mid-year too. Yes, while all this goes on select machines are running the next version (or even rawhide) for testing. Servers here are on CentOS: Very similar in how they are managed, mostly compatible; but need not be upgraded so stringently (in any case, latest software isn't so much a need here; besides, we mostly upgrade soon after a new CentOS comes out, but it is reassuring to know that you can take your leisure at it).