Fedora 17 schedule slips

As bugs get reported and subsequently fixed in distributions and upstream, the entire community benefits. Look at it this way: by reporting bugs in bleeding edge distributions and directly in upstream projects, you've helped your current distribution's beta to be as stable as you say it is.

I myself have been using Red Hat (in years before the RHEL/Fedora split) and now I use Fedora/CentOS/SL/Debian for various tasks. Since all these distributions are a big part of my professional career, I always feel it's only right to participate in the community in any way I can - code and user support if time permits, or money and equipment if it doesn't.

I see Fedora as a distribution that encourages users to be active members of the community, perhaps more than some other distributions. You don't need to be, but it helps if you are. So thanks again. If you do find bugs in your current distribution, please report them too. Or, even better, provide fixes when you can.